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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I know someone who thinks their kid will figure out all this stuff on their own once it matters to them. They'll shower daily when they meet someone they want to impress. (Kid walks around the house with greasy hair and stinky after soccer practice while they do homework and eat dinner with the family.) They'll learn to use good table manners when they've been invited to meet their boyfriend's family instead of chewing with their mouth open and picking up food with their hands. I feel bad for the kids of parents like this. If they lived in a low-income area people would assume their parents were out all night and neglecting them. But wealthy white parents can get away with this. 
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For the life of my husband and me, we can not get our 12 yo daughter to use good table manners, even though we try every time we sit down at dinner.  We remind her that bad table manners reflect poorly on her and that she will be embarrassed when all her friends have better manners (and of course reflects poorly on us, but we don't tell her that).  And how hard is it to keep your elbows off the table and put your napkin in your lap? So it is not for lack of trying but it does not work.  [/quote]
I think  unfortunately, some people need to learn the hard way, like people will kind of shame her about it when she's older.  I know as a parent, you would not want that for her, but if you've tried everything, and she still won't, then this is one of those "natural consequences" scenarios.[/quote]

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