Social Graces: What to Expect From Your Middle Schooler (continued)
Get Out-and-About: Cars: If a preteen has an older friend or an older sibling, it can be their first ticket to a bit of freedom. Parents need to take careful control over who is driving their child. Is your child’s older friend allowed to drive younger children? If it’s an older sibling there should be a firm set of rules for driver and passenger. For example, your older child is not allowed to take the younger child on side trips and the younger child must be on time when getting picked-up.
Post says teaching manners to adolescents isn’t as hard as it sounds. In fact, because adolescents take their relationships more seriously at this age, they are even more in-tune with the fundamentals of manners: consideration for others, respect, tact and flexibility. They just need a little guidance on how to implement these concepts into their daily lives.
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