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[quote=Anonymous]OP I understand your reaction. I remember my SIL constantly correcting niece and thinking "Gee I hope I don't constantly criticize and nag my children every minute". However, now that I have kids I realize that repetition to build habits is different than constantly correcting adults which would be annoying.

Young kids haven't developed the social skills to fully understand manners, tone etc. They don't really get why commanding someone to "give me crayons" is different from "please, give me the crayons". A 3 year old saying "give me the crayons" doesn't understand he is being rude, offensive, or disrespect able anymore than a 3 year old saying "please give me crayons" understand he is being polite, respectful and not offensive.

They do understand habits so always having them say please and thank you becomes a norm for them. They start to understand that the term "nice" means good or makes others feel better so they do begin to understand that asking "nicely" with please and thank you is good. Later on they will understand that just commanding someone to do something is rude and why. [/quote]

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