Sorrow, excuse me, say thank you So children learn the right manners

Kindness and courtesy are important to many parents. They want their children to say "please" and "thank you" of course, give them a friendly greeting and apologize to others. But especially when the child is small, there is often uncertainty as to how much "good behavior" they can demand from the son or daughter. In addition, the question often arises of how best to convey this. In conversation with the news agency "dpa" gives an expert valuable tips.
Young children often cause embarrassing moments
Whether "please", "thank you" or "excuse me": Most parents want their children to learn courtesy, respect and good manners. But young children in particular have no understanding of what we commonly call "good behavior". Therefore, they always cause unpleasant situations, when, for example, The neighbor just ignored, the grandma insulted or the boss of the father with "you" is addressed. In such a case, however, parents should be lenient and not exhort or expose the child from strangers, according to the recommendation of the expert Ulric Ritzer-Sachs.

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From the third class change from "you" to "you"
On the other hand, things like polite and respectful behavior, decency and consideration should not be minimized by the parents and dismissed as stuffy or unnecessary. Rather, care should be taken to ensure that at a certain age, certain manners become normal for the children: "From about the third grade on, for example, children should be the teacher," continues Ritzer-Sachs of the online consultation of the Federal Conference on Educational Counseling. For this purpose, it would make sense for parents to calmly explain to the child that unknown persons and teachers are being whistled.

If it remains with the "you", mothers and fathers should wait for an appropriate moment and animate their child again, for example by say: "This time it did not work, next time you just try it again." In general, it is of course important that the parents always lead by example, because who, for example, In the morning when bringing in the daycare itself nobody says "good morning", that can demand bad from his child. "The friendlier and polite the parents are, the more a child takes over," says Ritzer-Sachs. (No)