Here are my top picks for the biggest return on investments; to teach your children manners so they are able to have a happy, health, and productive life - is this not what we all want for those we love?
How about taking brisk walks – this is easy to do and the rewards are great – this is a fine time to talk about what are the important things to learn in life.
Let us teach and demonstrate the correct way to eat. This will include the proper foods one needs for a healthy body but also the correct way to eat the food. We are teaching how to keep the waist-line lean – do not over eat. We are also the etiquette of dining. And the children are learning the correct way from the get-go.
Eating all the colors of the rainbow, variety of fruits and vegetables – this is just good common sense – has been from the very beginning of time. It also will allow individuals to enjoy eating foods from different cultures, to make new friends, to help us understand different cultures which will enrich one’s life. What a happy life!
We teach the rules of games so our children can play and have positive emotional interaction while keeping their bodies strong; to be included is a wonderful thing. We all know how miserable it feels to be excluded, but without manners – we are excluded.
We teach physical development so the bones and muscles are strong – a good fun physical game (basketball, track) or skill (tennis, skiing, ice skating – anyone?) and it is fun too – keeps one laughing and happy; we can have these social activities well into adult hood. Good manners will serve us our entire life regardless of age. Marvelously well-mannered people are always welcomed because they know the rules of the road and are a pleasure to have around.
We all need enough sleep – children need their rest to develop properly (both physical and emotional) and it carries over into adulthood. This is a lesson to be used for their entire lives (most adult people need 7 or 8 hours nightly). Tired people are not very pleasant to be around; they are grumpy, irritable and sometimes mean; they generally demonstrate bad behavior. One might not think of sleeping as being well-mannered but anything that interferes with making life unpleasant is called “lack of manners”. So let us ensure that we and our children are well-rested so we can go about having a wonderful life! We will be held in high regarded for being pleasant, nice people.
All people have stress; it is the way of life – give your child “handles” (correct words, actions, and feelings to deal with one's own conduct/reaction/behavior) so they can manage the inevitable stresses of every-day life. All people have stress; but if you teach your child how to manage it, you will set them on an emotionally happy road. Emotionally happy people are well-mannered, they know the rules of the game – they are confident in their life, they go in search of life's adventures.
We should teach and demonstrate how to keep a positive outlook – positiveness produces happy results – being negative just produces more negativity. Let us have a half full glass of milk rather than half empty glass of milk – attitude is everything.
Being marvelously well-mannered is the foundation of being well rounded, emotionally healthy and having a wonderful life. It opens all types of doors that we do not even know exit until we are invited in. Being marvelously well-mannered allows you to be ready for any and all opportunities that may come your way. Marvelous manners allow us to be ready when good fortune comes knowing at the door. Being marvelously well-mannered allows an individual to be happy, pure and simple.
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