One of the most important things you can teach your child is respect.  A respectful child takes care of belongings and responsibilities, and a respectful child gets along with parents, their peers and figures of authority.

Teaching children to treat others like they would like to be treated helps your child understand the feeling of being respected.

The best way to teach respect is to show respect. Children model the behavior of the adults in their lives.

1) Introduce the concept of respect early (as soon as the child is able to understand when being spoken to) by identifying positive and negative behavior.

2) Show your children how to respect by interacting respectfully with your family members and with others.

3) Talk with your child at those times when they demonstrate behavior that is less then respectful. Showing them in the moment is most beneficial.

4) In discussions with your child, begin by building on the strengths that they have shown, the positive behaviors in which they have engaged, and how to improve the undesired behaviors.

Learning good manners is a good start to learning how to respect others.


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