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[quote=Anonymous]I grew up with parents who forced me to talk to every adult we encountered and it ended up inducing a lot of anxiety for me. I was on the shy side and talking to a lot of adults I didn't know well was really uncomfortable, especially when they'd ask me to tell them their name ("Don't you know who I am, I met you a year ago..What's my name?) etc. I still carry some of that anxiety around with me today when meeting new people or making small talk with people I'm not close with.

My 7 year old DS seems to be the exact same way. I don't force it with him. He knows he needs to say please and thank you and there have never been any issues at school. He went through a short phase of not asking for things politely, and he quickly learned he wouldn't get what he was asking for when he didn't ask politely so that turned around pretty quickly.

I am a teacher and sometimes I'm shocked at the lack of manners that some of my students have, but then I meet their parents and it becomes clear why they are the way they are. [/quote]

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