OUR CHILDREN
Patri, Angelo
Our Children By Angelo Patri THE unfortunate children who are tongue-tied in the presence of other people, who are too shy to speak or to move when they meet strangers, could be helped by a course...
...give them practice in using gracious phrases and set them an example of gracious manner...
...Good manners are useful in this world, always have been...
...They had come from different countries but their manners were alike in their ease and grace...
...We should teach our children that one can, in this free country, be a Democrat, a Republican, a Prohibitionist, and still be a gentleman worthy of respect...
...Explain to children that it is possible to apologize, to say "thank you," to greet people, in such a way as to affront them beyond pardon...
...they lay the foundation of morals...
...Oh, I wish you wouldn't DO that"—such a protest will do little good in overcoming a child's fault...
...The knowledge that he has the right answer ready will give him courage and before long he will modify his answer according to his own feeling...
...Children should be taught the right words and phrases to use in social situations...
...Tell him...
...The Graceful Way "When someone compliments you on your work look at him, smile, make a little nodding bow, and say, 'Thank you...
...I am glad you like my work.' " There is no danger of his becoming stilted in his manner, nor of his becoming fixed in his expression...
...Good Manners Are Useful I met a group of children who were brought to our country for protection during the war...
...They open the hearts and homes of people attracted by them...
...they give strength and confidence to those who practice them...
...Learn the right thing to say and do by reading Angelo Pa-tri's booklet No...
...It is not enough to say, "Answer politely...
...Any discussion is to be kept on an impersonal plane...
...If a child knows what to say and when to say it, what to do and how to do it when he is thrown upon himself in the midst of a group, he has some control of the situation, and once started on the way toward friendliness he can manage the rest...
...302, "Annoying Habits," obtainable by sending 10 cents (coin preferred) and a 3-cent stamp to him, P. O. Box 75, Station O, New York, N. Y...
...The child does not know how to answer, what to say, what to do...
...Teach them the graceful way of performing an action...
...That law is too often violated these days, and our children are likely to copy our poor example...
...Good manners do not allow abuse of one's opponent...
...Our Children By Angelo Patri THE unfortunate children who are tongue-tied in the presence of other people, who are too shy to speak or to move when they meet strangers, could be helped by a course of instruction in what, for want of a more explanatory name, might be called manners...
...Children should be taught that direct personal criticism that attacks another person's taste, behavior, or opinion is bad mannered...
...The idea is to be discussed, not' the person who has the idea...
...Our children of the same social opportunities did not measure up to their standard of manners and I felt that we had failed them and set them at a disadvantage...
...Teachers and parents would do well to give more consideration to the whole business...
Vol. 8 • July 1944 • No. 31
