Good Manners

Good Manners

(For Girls - that will be used throughout your life)

Good manners are for everyone, but if you begin as a girl it will help you throughout your life. Having manners not only shows respect to others, it shows you respect yourself. “Manners are not so much a set of rules as they are a language you can tell other people what they can expect from you”
(A Smart Girl’s Guide To Manners by Nancy Holyoke).

Here are some good things with which to begin:

- Hold open doors for others. When you’re walking through a door check to see if someone is behind you so you can hold open the door for them. Even if it is a friend, it is a kind thing to do.

- Put your guests first. When friends are over be sure they are served before you. Let them go first in a game.

- When an adult enters a room, stand up and acknowledge them.

- When entering a friend’s house, say “hello” to her parents.

- If you’re on a crowded bus or train or in a crowded waiting room, give your seat to someone who looks like they need it. Especially offer it to older adults and people with babies or younger children.

- Say “please” and “thank you.” It will make you and the people to whom you say them feel good.

- When you come home from being out, look for whoever is in the house to let them know you are home.

- Swear words are something you do not need. They are insulting to you and whoever you are speaking to. They insult and offend.

- Remember to keep the tone of your voice pleasant. If you yell a nicety to somebody, it may not come across very nice.

- Many times we put people down as we joke around. Putdowns should not be a part of your conversation. Someone will get hurt. Think about if it was you and how you would feel.