“Our kids were just born to have manners”
Posted in Marriage, Motherhood, Random and tagged with Child Development, Marriage, Motherhood on 08/27/2009 07:51 pm by Rachael
My phone conversation with my husband yesterday:
Tim:Â Even though our kids may not always listen, the one thing they do have is great manners.Â
Me:Â Yes they do…(cut off as usual by him)
Tim: They say please and thank-you so well and they mean it. They are such sweet kids.Â
Me: I know, they are the sweetest…(cut off. again.)
Tim: I don’t know where they get it from either. Its like they were just born to have manners, its so weird.
Me: *I actually moved the phone away from my ear and just stared at it. Silent and blinking. To make sure I processed what I had just heard correctly*
Tim:Â Hello?
Me:Â They just magically learned their manners?
Tim:Â Well you know what I mean.
Me: Actually Timmy, I worked really hard to teach our kids to be polite. And I have been pretty succesful despite who their outrageously annoying fun-loving father is.
Tim: Huh. OK, gotta go.
Click.
PS Babe: When I remind you to say please and thank-you–and heaven help us–excuse-me when the appropriate time calls, it isn’t to be a beastly nag. It is because kids do as their parents do. So with a little nagging nudging by me you have actually taught our babies their manners too!Â
Crazy concept I know.
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August 31st, 2009 at 2:09 pm
That’s funny.