Quote Originally Posted by Veronica
Ahhh... but it is important to teach approriate behavior for various situations. I talk about that a lot with my students. What is appropriate with your friends and at home, is not always right for the classroom.

Asking kids to be polite is not asking them to be minature adults. It's expecting them to be considerate of others. If a child is having such a bad day that they are running and screaming up and down the aisles because they are emotional, maybe they should be home taking a nap. Otherwise it's just bad behavior and bad parenting to not correct the behavior.

We wonder what's happened to our society? We don't teach and require polite behavior, so we don't get it.
Thank you for this, V. Proper behavior for various situations reminds me of my upbringing. If Mom or Dad said no, we couldn't have such and such, we shut up and let the subject drop. No meant no and further whining would not change their minds. We also knew not to haul a$$ down the aisles disturbing other shoppers, how rude. Look out if one of us had a "meltdown" in the store, 'cause Mom would leave the buggie and haul us out of the store.

Sure, kids will be kids, but that doesn't mean they can't be disciplined.

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