Children live what they learn, and if they are not taught how will they learn? My husband and I have been saying 'thank you' to our daughter from the day she came home! Once she was over 6 months old she understood that if you said 'thank you' to her, you wanted her to give you something. Once she started making her demands known by fussing, I taught her to say please. As such, she never fussed for long, as when she started, I would ask her what she wanted, and she would say "rese" or something similar that we understood meant please. She would be trying to put on her shoe and gets frustrated and starts fussing. Once I ask her what she wants she says "rese"!
We continue to teach her various polite words and phrases such as: good morning, good night, hi, no thank you, I am sorry, and bye. My husband always tells her good morning when she gets up in the mornings, so it was no surprise when one morning she replied with a resounding "morning"! She however only tells him morning, not me. I keep trying, hopefully one day she will say it to me, as I am still waiting for her to call me 'mommy'.
FYI: My daughter is now 22 months old.
Question:
- What polite words do you teach your kids and at what age?
- For those of you with older kids, do you think your efforts had a positive impact later on in life?
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