Home School Heartbeat Radio Program

Mike Smith:
Last time, I introduced four principles to teach our kids as they learn about manners. These simple principles are very easy to remember, and I would encourage you to have your kids practice them at home.

This leads us to our first principle: to always say please and thank you, which is a basic concept of good manners.

You may be thinking, what is the purpose of teaching something as simple as saying “please and thank you” to our children? As Christians, we need to go beyond just the idea of practicing manners and see manners as a way to show Christ’s love to others. We are to serve and love one another as brothers and sisters in Christ, and this means serving others above ourselves.

By practicing good manners, we reflect the biblical principles of humility and thankfulness. We are to have a humble attitude towards others and show an attitude of thankfulness no matter what our circumstances.

Being polite and showing deference to others is a good way to reflect this attitude on a daily basis. Other than to be president of the United States some day� we should hope that our children want to live in Christ and practice these biblical concepts. Until next time, I’m Mike Smith.