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January 2010
Adults behaving badly ...
What are we teaching our kids?
If it isn't the politics of questionable actions, it's sports figures, rappers, and the Hollywood elite who give us every reason to cringe. AND our kids are watching!
Being a positive role model for kids seemed much simpler even 20 years ago. We don't have to wonder why we are having a hard time teaching our kids to be polite, be a good sport, don’t interrupt, don't name call and so on.
This is an ideal opportunity to have a "sit down" to discuss rules and proper, polite behavior with our kids. If not us, who? If not YOU - don't be surprised when you see your teenage son sitting in a restaurant with his baseball cap on his head. There was a time when that was NOT permitted. A gentleman always removed his hat (cap) when entering a home or establishment; especially when there were ladies in the room. I digress.
Kids aren't stupid. They are little sponges soaking up everything they see and everything they see us do. Our culture requires us to protect our kids from; inappropriate music, TV, movies, internet content to name just a few. But, until now, it seemed somewhat safe to watch a presidential address or a tennis match or a music award show. How naive.
Perhaps we could use those opportunity to point out those bad behaviors no matter who does them. Next time take the opportunity to say, “Wow, even adults say or do some really dumb things sometimes.” Bringing an example to light can go a long way in teaching our kids.
Reinforce that it is never ok to name call or yell at someone even if you disagree with them. Try to model productive, respectful ways to disagree for your kids. Talk about how things can quickly escalate to become dangerous.
Who knows...some our kids just might be the influence some of the adults out there need for a "manners refresher course".
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