Rebekka’s Blog
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Minding Manners 2.0: Three Ways to Embody Gratitude and other Family Values
This isn't just about behaviors. This is about values.If our children feel appreciated, they will come to be appreciative. If they sense that we are grateful, they will cultivate gratitude. If we can teach these values with our embodied actions, and with no small amount of kindness and humor, we are nurturing the seeds of humility, empathy, and relatedness.
Minding manners
If we are polite, are respectful, and treat our children - and others - like human beings, our children will too.If we do not, our children may learn to say "please," "thank you," and "sorry" at all the right times, but they may never mean it.