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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]"But I promise you , when you are not there, and they are with their friends, the social niceties go out the window. It's something they think is for show around parents but isn't really something they need to do when they are with their own friends. This is developmentally just the way it is. It is not a reflection on you as a parent and it is not to say your kid is not a good kid. "

Actually, I see how my kids interact with their friends when I am there and through texting etc.  Oh, and of course, when other adults TELL me that my girls have exceptionally good manners--  yeah!  because they are required!!!

But, my real point was NOT how they act with their peers--  I am talking about how they act to ADULTS.  If someone who volunteered with my kid "allowed" my kid to look at them and walk by, I would be disappointed to hear that.

Kids typically only rise to standards that are set for them.  By tween years, acknowledging an adult (AND ESPECIALLY ONE DOING SOMETHING FOR THEM) is not too much to ask.

AND, as I said in my original post--  I volunteer A LOT with kids.  Boys. Girls.  From elementary and now up to the high school years.  NOOOOOO, I do not allow rude behavior--  to me, to their peers etc.

[b]Kids who don't develop proper social skills fairly young are left behind.  You are not doing them a favor by accepting rudeness[/b].[/quote]

NP.  Coming in to say that this isn't true at all.  Whether a kid learns social manners at 6 or 12 or 20, it happens.  It doesn't have to happen early, children are not doomed to the wilderness if they are rude to adults and peers as tweens or teens.  [/quote]

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