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Saturday, December 5, 2009

the path to less cynical and more sentimental

Little thing # 1
Who stole the manners, I used to think? Who took them from us and where did they put them? When did we stop teaching our children to wait to eat until everyone has a plate of food in front of them? Why do teenagers walk in front of elderly people in public and not even think to hold a door for a pregant mother? In this busy Holiday season, please give your kids the gift of manners. Fill their stockings to the brim!
A parent of my son's friend told me that Gabe had wonderful manners today. "That Gabe is such a great kid, you must be so proud. His manners are wonderful." Apparently he held the door for an adult, would not enter first and also remembered his P & T (Please and Thank-you). It really is how they act out of our presence that matters, isn't it?

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