November 10, 2009 at 7:00 AM by Cafe Sheri - Comments (8)
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The toddler years are the perfect age to start teaching your kids manners and good habits.
CafeMom MrsManners aka: Angela Pitre, owner of the CM group Manners for the Modern Family and MannersMadeFun.com, is here to help.
Dear MrsManners:
My daughter is in daycare and has started biting other children. What should I do? I'm concerned that my daughter will be thrown out of the daycare.. -- Anonymous
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October 28, 2009 at 7:00 AM by Cafe Sheri - Comments (0)
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It can be hard to understand the toddler mind sometimes. However, this is also the age when we can teach our kids good manners and good habits that will stay will them as they grow.
MrsManners, aka: Angela Pitre, owner of the CM group Manners for the Modern Family and MannersMadeFun.com, is back with us in Toddler Buzz and ready to answer your questions!
We need your toddler questions for Mrs. Manners!
Leave your question in the comments below or, if you'd rather ask anonymously, PM Cafe Sheri your question, and Mrs. Manners will answer it in a future column.
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August 25, 2009 at 7:40 AM by Cafe Cynthia - Comments (4)
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Dear MrsManners:
How in the world do I teach my son that the things my grown up, 31 year old brother does in front of him -- name calling, hitting, etc. -- are wrong. Keeping him away from my brother is not an option. -- JasonsMom2007
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August 11, 2009 at 7:51 AM by Cafe Cynthia - Comments (0)
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Dear MrsManners:
My toddler ignores others when she's engrossed in something. Very rude. We always make her stop her activity to say bye to someone, hi, or just to listen to us. She still is not in the habit of listening to us in this way. Sometimes we have to remove her from whatever her attention is on (often the TV) so that she will pay attention. Even some adults I know ignore people when they're engrossed in TV. What's the best way to break a toddler of this habit? And no, we probably won't stop letting her watch television, LOL! -- mommy2028
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July 28, 2009 at 7:42 AM by Cafe Cynthia - Comments (3)
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The toddler years are the perfect age to start teaching your kids manners and good habits. And MrsManners aka: Angela Pitre, owner of the CM group Manners for the Modern Family and FamilyMannersMadeFun.com, is here to help.
Dear MrsManners:
I'd love to know how to deal with manners situations involving other people's children. I have several friends who interact with their children very differently from the way I do with mine, and I always wonder where to draw the line (especially when I'm alone with their children!). -- tyheamma
MrsManners says:
We all have our own unique way of parenting. It is what makes society so fascinating. If we all did everything the same way, we'd be pumping out the same kids everywhere, right?
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July 22, 2009 at 12:32 PM by Cafe Cynthia - Comments (4)
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I want my toddler as polite as possible, but how far should we push them to use manners? For example, I try to make my son say "please" when he wants food or a drink. But I feel like if I hold out too long, it can cause an unnecessary tantrum because he is just learning. At the same time, I don't want him to learn that if he holds his own, mommy will give in. -- chillemi78
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July 7, 2009 at 8:08 AM by Cafe Cynthia - Comments (0)
For example: Today, there were three ladies sitting next to us at a restaurant. He pointed at the lady and said twice, "That lady right there talks like a man."
Today at the park, the little girl swinging next to us had red dots all over her body (I have no clue what they were) and he said looking and pointing at her, "That girl has pimples all over her body."
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June 30, 2009 at 7:22 AM by Cafe Cynthia - Comments (0)
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The toddler years are the perfect age to start teaching your kids manners and good habits. And MrsManners aka: Angela Pitre, owner of the CM group Manners for the Modern Family and FamilyMannersMadeFun.com, is here to help.
Dear MrsManners:
My 14 month old daughter is obsessed with taking food from other kids. If she doesn't get any, or they refuse to give her any, she throws a mini tantrum. At Mommy and Me classes, she always crawls or walks around and sees what everyone else has for snack. When I go to fetch her back, she screams, falls to the floor, and stiffens her body so I cant pick her up. She also likes to root through other mommys' bags.
How can I teach her that taking food from other people is bad? And how can I stop the falling on the floor bit?
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June 16, 2009 at 7:12 AM by Cafe Cynthia - Comments (3)
The toddler years are the perfect age to start teaching your kids manners and good habits. And MrsManners aka: Angela Pitre, owner of the CM group Manners for the Modern Family and FamilyMannersMadeFun.com, is here to help.
Dear MrsManners:
My three and a have year old son's language is getting out of hand. He's not only using dirty words but bad language, i.e: he told my husband the other night "I don't love you anymore, I wish you would go, away and my mommy will take care of me."
This hurt my husbands feeling's horribly, even though he knows our son is just three. He also tells me, "You may be the boss of me, but you are not my mommy," or "You are not the boss of me." We do give time outs and consequences, but it's not doing much good. Do you have any suggestions on what we might try? -- choconut08
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June 9, 2009 at 7:35 AM by Cafe Cynthia - Comments (5)
Dear MrsManners:
My 4 year old daughter was awarded the best "Clean Up Helper" at preschool, but she won't pick up her toys at home and her 3 year old brother is even worse.
I've given time-outs, taken away TV time, bagged toys and stowed them away. I've even thrown out many of the old beat-up ones. I've tried making it a game to music and getting on the floor and helping them. My 1 year old is a bigger help than these two!
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