Comments on: Teaching manners to young kids

By: beagooddad

beagooddad — Wed, 22 Nov 2006 21:04:42 +0000

Glad to hear I’m not the only person who doesn’t like “No problem.”

I wrote a post a while back about teaching the kids some sign language when they were pretty young. Either me or one of the commenters mentioned teaching their one-year old the signs for “Please” and “Thank You.” Somebody else in the comments went berserk over teaching such young kids such concepts.

I thought it was strange that anybody would be opposed to please and thank you. Now I know he is a “No problem” kind of guy.

By: Mama Duck

Mama Duck — Mon, 20 Nov 2006 17:39:00 +0000

Lil’ Duck already says or is prompted to say (if he forgets) “thank you, you’re welcome, sorry, please” etc etc. Hopefully the next generation can be polite too, eh?? Thanks for the link!

By: Bald Man

Bald Man — Mon, 20 Nov 2006 17:14:11 +0000

Ye gods!

“No problem” kills me. My parents drove it out of my vocabulary, and I cringe every time I hear it.

Let’s all say it together: “You’re welcome.”

Not so hard, is it? Once you’ve worked it into your vocabulary, come back and thanks Mike. I’m sure he’ll say, “No prob- er, you’re welcome.”