Shopping With Your Children Lets You Teach Manners

Teaching your children manners is one of the essential duties of parenthood, and it’s also one of the most difficult. One of the best ways to teach your children manners is to take them shopping with you.

One type of manners you can teach your children while shopping is the way they need to ask for and receive things. Chances are likely that your kids are going to ask for a lot of different things when you go shopping, no matter where you go. As a parent, it’s your right to tell them no, but you need to make sure you do it politely. With gentle correction, your children will learn to ask for things nicely and respond with polite manners when refused. You can even model asking behaviors with your children by asking a clerk where to find something when you’re shopping.

Shopping trips are a great time to help children learn to interact with strangers, as well. They’ll watch the way you interact with the person you almost bump your cart into, the cashier, and the floor worker at the clothing store. They will learn from this. You can also encourage them to interact with other people while shopping.

Lots of people who love kids will talk to your children when you’re out shopping. You can use these opportunities to teach your children manners. Teach them to answer questions politely, speak up, and even shake hands. When they get to see lots of people, these manners will sink in better.

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