Be NICE!

Teaching your kids to behave properly in one easy step: Now I’ve got your attention. I’ve spent a lot of time lately thinking about all the rules we try to teach our kids. Treat people with kindness, don’t hit, bite or push, don’t yell or talk back, show respect, and don’t tease. The list seems to never end. Now a days parents are always coming up with new ways to teach their kids to behave. With the never ending parenting suggestions I can’t help but revert back to the line that has withstood the test of time. Treat others as you would have them treat you. Or in two words BE NICE! Nice might sound like just a cute little word with not much to base your behavior on but look it up. It means requiring tact, to be delicately subtle and sensitive, pleasant and kind. It’s source is Latin and means only by a very tortuous path did it reach its present sense of pleasant. It’s not always easy for children be nice It’s our job to show them how it’s done.