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POINTS FOR PARENTS

                                                                        By Edyth Thomas Wallace 

Children respect parents more for being fair than they do for being always right.

• Not This – Mother: “I can't see myself apologizing to a child because I thought he took money from my purse. Anyway, my talk on honesty won’t hurt him.”

• This – Mother: “Son. I want to apologize for insinuating that you took money from my purse. I remember now that I paid the paper boy with it.” – 1952

More than most people, parents need to remember that strong emotion and clear thinking cannot function at the same time.

• Not This – Father: “Now don’t go off to your room and sulk. Come back here and we'll settle this thing right now.”

• This – Father: “Let's wait and talk this over later, Son. We are both angry now and can't think clearly.” –1954

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Parenting Etiquette Advice

POINTS FOR PARENTS

By Edyth Thomas Wallace 

An important factor in teaching children to be non-Interrupting listeners is giving them the opportunity to live with adults who are, themselves, this sort of person.

• Mother (Interrupting): “Say ‘he’ not ‘him’, Son . . . Don’t talk so fast . . . You said that before ...”
• Mother: “You told the story of the movie so well, I almost feel as though I had seen the picture, too.”

Both parents and children grow mentally when they continue to learn.

• Mother: “I don’t see why grown ups ever want to go to school again. When I finished college I was glad enough to put my books away for keeps.” 

• Mother: “I have decided to lake one of these courses in art. You are growing up so fast, I'll want something to do after you leave.”
  
  
  
  

Both children and parents are happier when parents recognise and accept Individual differences.

• Mother: “I don’t see why you always have to be on the go or have a gang here. Why can’t you settle down and read or play happily alone as your brother does?”

• Mother: “This is Tom, who likes active play with his gang and this is Jim who likes quieter things. They are very different and it’s interesting to have them so.”

Etiquette Enthusiast, Maura J. Graber, is the Site Editor for the Etiquipedia© Etiquette Encyclopedia