Manners

We try to teach our children manners as we walk through each day. You know, Always say "please" and "thank you", always open the door for others, always shake hands when meeting someone new. You get the idea. So why is it so hard for Freedom to understand that it is good manners to write a Thank You note to someone when they have given you a gift.

He received some cash from the GP's for his birthday last week, he then spent the cash on a new Air Soft gun and a jug of pellets. I let him know right away that he needed to send a note saying thanks, but did he do that...... of course not, he's 14 after all. I finally had to tell him he was not allowed to use the gun again until he had written that note. It took him all of 10 minutes to get it finished, so why do I have to tell him 4 times and then take away things before he gets the job done?

I am happy to say that he did a wonderful job on the note. It was well written, he made sure to write legibly, and everything was spelled correctly. In the end I was a very proud American Mom.