Do Your Children Say "Please" and "Thank You"? "Children's manners, as well as morals and values, are established in the preschool years, according to child educators." When you encounter a youngster who strikes you as being exceptionally polite, you can be absolutely sure he learned it at home. Now that is not to say that when a kid has a public tantrum that they learned that from watching adults. We are just talking about some basic manners here. Kids need constant reminders too! Remind them to say "Yes ma'am/sir, Please, Thank you". This takes all adults in the kids life to reaffirm these behaviors too. I've met my share of bratty kids whose parents are super nice. It was just that the adults in that kid's sphere of influence didn't instill what kind of behavior is acceptable and unacceptable. Then you have kids who just fight you on everything. You can be trying and trying to teach them th...