"Bless you mommy."

Oddly enough, my kids do have impecible manners, and I haven't the slightest idea where they got them from. I myself have horrible manners and will only say please or thank you to total strangers. In my own home I've never used my manners. But I guess I must have done something right with my kids!

We've been working on good manners with our 4 year old since he was learning how to talk. Please and thank-you were easy. Now we are working on excuse me. He's getting much better with that, and waiting to talk (waiting is a major challenge). Our biggest challenge now, is because we use to give him what he was asking for when he asked politely(his request were always very simple at the time), now he thinks he should get whatever he wants when he asks politely. I have said on quite a few occasions, just because you say please doesn't mean I am going to say yes. The good news is that he is getting much more easy to reason with.

My daughter usually has good manners. It is something we practice on a daily basis. It wasn't hard to teach. Sometimes it is hard for her to remember. But she does well most of the time.