"Table Manners Made Easy," our new chapter in Sheryl Eberly's
365 Manners Kids Should Know: Games, Activities, and Other Fun Ways to Help Children Learn Etiquette
, began on May 5. From now through mid-July, behavior at the table will be our focus. On Saturday we read a short list entitled, "Don't bring these things to the table." In case you were wondering, here they are:
- Handheld video games
- The remote control for the television (keep the TV off during meals)
- A magazine or book
- The newspaper
- Homework
- The dog
I guess five out of six isn't too bad. We will continue to have our manners lessons every morning at the breakfast table, along with the book, even though I now know it to be a forbidden item. There isn't another time with the entire family present that would be as convenient. Consistency trumps etiquette this time.
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That is a funny requirement to not have books. We do our math usually during snack, so we don't follow the rule either.
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I am always telling my kids not to bring their books to the table. We usually do the vocabulary word of the day on Joseph's iphone so we have that at the table as well.
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