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Bestselling authors Bob and Emilie Barnes are a couple committed to encouraging and inspiring others to build their families on a foundation of kindness and faith. With that caring goal in mind and biblical wisdom at heart, they present their best tips, ideas, and examples to help parents guide children of any age tobecome better listeners and communicators with peers and adultsreflect a compassionate and helping heart for othersexperience confidence in social situationsshow respect for God and others through actions and wordsdisplay daily manners at the table, on the phone, at school, and anywhereFilled with practical advice, this Barnes offering will strengthen parents, children, and families as they discover together how good manners make life more enjoyable while reflecting the love of God to others.

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Publié par	Harvest House Publishers, Inc.
Date de parution	01 janvier 2010
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9780736937405
Langue	English
Poids de l'ouvrage	9 Mo

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GOOD MANNERS for Today’s Kids

Unless oterwise indicated, all Scripture quotations are taken from te Holy Bible, New International Version .® NIV . Copyrigt©1973, 1978, 1984 by Biblica, Inc. Used by permission of Zondervan. All rigts reserved ® ™ worldwide. Verses marked  are taken from te New King James Version. Copyrigt © 1982 by homas Nelson, Inc. Used by permission. All rigts reserved. Verses marked  are taken from te Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyrigt © 1996. Used by per-mission of Tyndale House Publisers Inc., Weaton, IL 60189 USA. All rigts reserved. Verses marked  are taken fromhe Living Bible,Copyrigt © 1971. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publisers, Inc., Weaton, IL 60189 USA. All rigts reserved. Cover by e210 Design, Eagan, Minnesota Cover poto © Veer Marketplace / Veer

Portions of tis book include modiﬁed excerpts from te following titles: A Little Book of Manners© 1998 by Emilie Barnes (wit Anne Cristian Bucanan) A Little Book of Manners for Boys© 2000 by Bob and Emilie Barnes Good Manners for Every Occasion© 2008 byEmilie Barnes

GOOD MANNERS FOR TODAY’S KIDS Copyrigt © 2010 by Bob and Emilie Barnes Publised by Harvest House Publisers Eugene, Oregon 97402 www.arvestousepublisers.com Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Barnes, Bob, 1933- Good manners for today’s kids / Bob and Emilie Barnes. p. cm. ISBN 978-0-7369-2811-3 (pbk.) 1. Etiquette for cildren and teenagers. I. Barnes, Emilie. II. Title. BJ1857.C5B346 2009 395.1’22—dc22 2009017188 All rights reserved.No part of tis publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means—electronic, mecanical, digital, potocopy, recording, or any oter—except for brief quotations in printed reviews, witout te prior permission of te publiser. Printed in the United States of America 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 / VP-NI / 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

Children are the sum of what parents contribute to their lives. RICHARDR. STRAUSS

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his book is dedicated to you because you want your cildren to ave good manners and become adults wo practice kindness and courtesy.

It takes a lot of time and commitment to teac social graces. May God continue to give you te added strengt and energy to teac manners troug your actions, words, tese lessons, and te way your family treats one anoter. Every day presents an opportunity to grow and sow manners.

As you instill and follow good manners, you will receive te blessing of a appier ome and kinder, more compassionate cildren.

Contents

he Lifetime Legacy of Manners. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Section One: The Right Moves of Respect Respect Is at te Heart of Manners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Manners Scool Family Activity: Etiquette Quiz . . . . . . . . . 20 Kid-2-Kid Be a Good Sport: Respecting Oters . . . . . . . . . 24 Kid-2-Kid Visiting and Welcoming Friends: Respecting te Home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Kid-2-Kid Stuﬀ, Privacy, and Public Places: Respecting People’s hings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Kid-2-Kid Soap, Sowers, and Socks: Respecting Your Self . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Section Two: The Enjoyment of Effective Communication Everyday Kindnesses in Action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Manners Scool Family Activity: Dialogue Role-Play . . . . . 43 Kid-2-Kid Watc Your Words. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Kid-2-Kid How to Talk to Big People . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Kid-2-Kid Happy to Meet You . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 Kid-2-Kid Talk, Talk, Talk, We All Love to Talk . . . . . . . . . 62 Kid-2-Kid hanks a Lot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Section Three: The Satisfaction of Social Graces Manners Open te Door to te Heart and te Home . . . . . . . . 75 Manners Scool Family Activity: Welcoming Guests by Name. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Kid-2-Kid Everyone Loves a Party . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 Kid-2-Kid Wat Was hat Strange Noise? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 Kid-2-Kid You Migt Do hat wit Your Friends . . . . . . . . 91 Kid-2-Kid Scool Manners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

Section Four: The Delight of Dining Etiquette Gater Round te Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 Manners Scool Family Activity: Setting a Table 101 . . . . . . 104 Kid-2-Kid Manners at Mealtime. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 Kid-2-Kid Getting Speciﬁc: Table Manners . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113 Kid-2-Kid Mom, Can I Use My Fingers? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 Kid-2-Kid Dining Tips Summary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122

Section Five: The Comfort of Conﬁdence at All Times Building Conﬁdence Muscles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127 Manners Scool Family Activity: Camp Conﬁdence . . . . . . 129 Kid-2-Kid Lead te Way . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136 Kid-2-Kid Conﬁdence Wen Away from Home . . . . . . . . . 138 Kid-2-Kid At Ease in All Situations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142 Kid-2-Kid Do We, or Don’t We?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145

Section Six: The Gift of Friendships and Relationships

Passing On Your Values . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151 Manners Scool Family Activity: Friend and Family Quiz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154 Kid-2-Kid How to Be a Friend . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156 Kid-2-Kid For te Guys: How to Treat Girls . . . . . . . . . . . . 161 Kid-2-Kid For te Girls: How to Talk to Boys . . . . . . . . . . . 164 Older Kid-2-Older Kid O No! Date Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166 Happy Graduation!. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169 Reference Materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173

The Lifetime Legacy of Manners

Manners are the happy ways of doing things. RALPHWALDOEMERSON

en people talk about teacing manners to today’s kids, tey W are often referring to infusing teir cildren’s vocabulary wit “please” and “tank you.” Courteous language is wonder-ful and presents an initial impression of manners, but tere is so muc more tat you can pass along to your cildren to improve teir lives, teir futures as conﬁdent adults, and te daily life of your family today. he legacy of manners tat you begin creat-ing now will greatly enance te life of your cild from tis point onward. he callenge is set before you. Our young ones, preteens, and teens make up a generation of “ﬁnger eaters” tat is more familiar wit (and inclined to want) drive-troug windows tan dining tables. hey grow up interacting wit adults and peers using a very casual attitude and, terefore, are less likely to develop a sense of respect for, and collaboration wit, autority. Immediate access

G M T ’ K OOD ANNERS FOR ODAY S IDS

to information and to people via te wonders of tecnology can circumvent any perceived need for a more mannerly approac to communication. Not many of us would want to give up te tecnology tat is at our ﬁngertips. In fact many of us trive in te fast-paced climate. But it doesn’t take muc soul-searcing to realize tat remarkable tecnological advancements and te “on te go” life-style tat result from tose advancements are bot blessingsandburdens. Excellent manners and considerate, social beaviors actu-ally make today’s culture more of a blessing and less of a burden; we just ave to put tose manners into practice personally and in te life-lesson curriculum we’re teacing our cildren. We juggle many responsibilities as well as many distractions. One ectic or overly planned day follows on te eels of anoter, and soon it is ard to look past ourselves to wat oters need. We ask, “Wat’s in it for me?” because we are just getting by. And our kids are saying, “Wat’s in it for me?” because tey are watcing us. To ave proper graces, we need to set our minds toward a new direction and orizon—one tat encompasses us and oters. Our cildren will notice tis empasis on elping, serving, and loving one anoter. hey will feel te security of it in teir own omes and will be more inclined to emulate it no matter were tey go and ow fast tey grow. Compared to earlier decades, te current climate in te ome and workplace is far more casual. In fact, many of today’s par-ents ave not grown up wit a foundation of instruction in te area of manners. Because of tis lack of understanding and a loss of our society’s encouragement of manners, parents must ave a sincere desire for teir cildren to ave a stronger foundation in manners tan tey ad. his will take a concerted eﬀort, but it is