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[quote=Anonymous]I grew up in the north, so definitely wasn't raised with sir/ma'am. But we're actually teaching my son to use it. It started in Tae Kwon Do, where his Master requires that everything be yes, sir/thank you, sir/etc. DS is really shy and doesn't like to talk to adults, so it's pretty easy for him to come off as rude. By giving him some very explicit and polite terms to use (yes, sir; may I please; excuse me) it enables him to interact with adults and sound a little more polite than he otherwise would. My daughter is a chatty-cathy and a very sweet and naturally polite kid, so we probably wouldn't have instituted the sir/ma'am thing with her if she'd been born first.[/quote]
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