Manners are important in society but vary widely from family to family.
Your children's manners in public can be a source of pride or frustration.Manners are simply just the way we do things. They have become pretty well accepted as the way to behave. Another way to conceptualize manners is to think of them as ways to be considerate of others. There isn’t likely anything inherently wrong with eating with your mouth open or talking with that same mouth full of food, but nobody wants to see it.
The other thing about manners is that they vary widely from household to household. What is acceptable behavior at one family dinner may be frowned upon at another meal just next door. Manners are often situation-specific, meaning that behaviors at home behind closed doors are often different than those in public, with friends, or at certain kinds of events. We wouldn’t have people like Emily Post or Ms.
The final step in transmitting manners to children is to point out when a behavior is good and reward it with praise, hugs, smiles, and such. Bring the act up again later and say how proud you were of the manners they used, and be specific. Praise is much more powerful than criticism.
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