Why Children Need to See Adults Say Thanks
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Children learn social behaviour largely through careful observation of the adults around them, which means adults saying thank you sincerely and consistently teaches considerably more than any direct verbal instruction ever could about the genuine importance of gratitude in ordinary daily family life shared together each and every single day.
This particular principle includes thanking children themselves for their own small contributions around the house, showing them clearly that gratitude flows naturally in every direction, not only from child toward adult as they might otherwise simply and quietly assume without question or much genuine thought ever given to it at all.
When children see gratitude modelled consistently and sincerely across many different relationships, it gradually becomes an expectation of how people simply treat each other, rather than remaining a lesson confined only to a single special occasion held once each passing year, then quickly and quietly forgotten by everyone involved.