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Common Courtesy Isn’t Common Anymore
What Happened to Common Courtesy? Chapter 8 – “Learning to Value Morality” Living Learning Loving by Gail Cawley Showalter #GShowalter_livinglearningloving Gail raised three children as a single mother before she remarried. She has experienced the potholes, pests, and perils of being the single head-of-household. As an educator in regular and special education for twenty years […]
Common Courtesy Isn’t Common Anymore. Can your children pass the test?
Gail Cawley Showalter “Mind your manners!” used to be a common phrase you would hear from parents. Lately this Tough Old Bird hears other things and sees a lack of common courtesy. See previous post: Teaching Manners in a Mannerless World Teens back-talking parents and parents acting as if this is the norm. Sarcasm on every popular […]
Manners are good
For more on the Single Mom Card Deck go to SMORE for Women Say, “Thank you!” It is good manners and manners matter. ~ Did I begin my day with, “Thank you, Lord”? Contact Gail
Single Moms:Being nice isn’t always easy
For more on the Single Mom Card Deck go to SMORE for Women Being nice isn’t always easy, but always better than the alternative. ~ Do my children’s vocabularies include “Excuse me,” “I’m sorry,” and “Thank you”? Yesterday we watched a patriotic ceremony at Disney World as they took the American flag down. When they played […]
