LONG-TERM STRATEGY
'Remind yourself to model grateful behavior. When your cookie-muncher goes silent, go ahead and say the necessary "Thank you very much!" for him/her. (At least until he gets older and can be counted on to follow your cues.) In your own everyday interactions, always offer warm thank-yous and praise to grocery store clerks, gas-station attendants, waiters, teachers - anyone who's helpful to you or him/her. You may think your child isn't paying attention to those small moments, but he/she actually is.' -- Parenting Magazine, Jan 2010.
What a great reminder on how we can set a wonderful example to our little ones and those around us!
Until tomorrow...
From Inside-Out
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