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[quote=Anonymous]For my 3yo, I find that prepping her ahead of time works best. When I see someone who generally says good morning to us at the other end of the block, I say something like "Are you going to say 'Good morning' to Mr Smith?" and about 75% of the time she's really excited and says good morning (then immediately turns and tells me she said good morning lol). If I don't prompt or wait to prompt until he's saying good morning to us she almost never says it. Not perfect but encourages good manners with some success and avoids a power struggle about something I don't consider essential. Please and thank you I'm pushier about -- I will insist on please before letting her have a requested item and I will almost always prompt on thank you. But I am generally more lax about even this if she's overtired/miserable for whatever reason. I want manners to be matter-of-course not something that turns into a massive power struggle.[/quote]
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