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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The preschools and nannies are right. "No, thank you" is the appropriate answer to model for toddlers. Their opportunities to say 'no" aren't like an adult's, they say no to refuse something, in which case following with a "thank you" is the polite way. My toddler has been saying "no, thanks" since 18 months, always appropriately.

When do you think a toddler would say "no, thank you" inappropriately, anyway? Give me an example.[/quote]

That doesn't make any sense.  Yes, if you are offered something that you don't want, the polite answer is "No, thank you."  If you are making a request, the polite phrase is "Please stop X" or "Please do Y."  I say "No, thank you" to my kid if she's trying to give me something I don't want (a bite of her food, a rock, whatever).  I say, "Please put down that vase" or "Please stop jumping on the couch" or whatever.  When she complies, I say "Thank you."  That is how normal people talk.  That is how toddlers should be taught to talk.  If someone offers them a cracker and they don't wnat it, they should say "No, thank you."  If someone pushes them, they should say, "Please don't push me."[/quote]

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