Please carefully look into the list below to see where you may want to make amends, on yourself or the young ones you are caring for.
Any child that is not properly nurtured, groomed, trained,  disciplined & controlled by his parents may never succeed or be happy in life.

Manners can take you to where your education can not take you in life, irrespective of your social status, money/riches or the "who you know" factor.

1) as a parent, going to your child's school dressed indecently or irresponsibly, such as girls/ladies/women wearing dresses that partially expose their curves, buttocks, breasts, belly, thighs, back, etc. instead of wearing dresses that can cover those private areas 100%. Also, a parent carrying tattoos on his/her skin is indecent & irresponsible & a bad example to our younger generations.

2) as a parent, speaking rashly to your child's teacher or any other adult, in the presence of your children.

3) cursing, using foul words or swearing infront of your children.

4) for mothers: using makeup on a young girl-child, buying adult styles/fashions of clothes/dresses & jewelries for a young girl-child, doing adult styles of hair-do  for a young girl-child like plaiting/weaving, relaxing their hair with cream relaxers, using hair shampoos & electric hair dryers on them, etc. All of the above are not healthy for children under the age of 18 years, in many aspects of their upbringing such as: spiritually, psychologically, emotionally, morally, sexually, culturally, etc.

5) dressing indecently or irresponsibly for children which makes them to loose their innocence, such wrong dressings as listed in no. 1 above.

6) alowing your son to put earrings on his ears or alowing your son to plait/weave his hair. Also, allowing your boy or girl child to carry tattoos on their skin.

7) your child hold a cup or glass-ware by its brim and you don't correct that child.

8) your children don't greet you or others and you just feel they will come around one day. Worst still, your children greet people without adding "sir" or "ma" to the greeting and you condole that.

9) your children eat with their mouth opened and you feel they will grow up some day

10) your children bring home something you did not buy for them and you say nothing

11) they talk back at you or other people and you conclude its okay since you are a 21st century mummy or daddy.

12) They interrupt when you are speaking with another adult and you think they are bold and clever

13) They exercise authority over their nanny and domestic staff and you let them be.

14) they say things like my driver is on His way...
I am not an advocate that children should call your domestic staff aunty or brother, calling them by name only when they are not younger people is not good either.
The use of Miss, Mr or Mrs will look good for these domestic staff.

15)  your children don't form the habit of saying thank you when they have been helped or given or served something and you are cool with that

16) when your children cannot stand other children who are less privileged

18) when they pick their nose with their hands

19) when they don't  wash their hands after using the toilet.

20) when your children take something from the fridge without taking permission first.

21) when your children don't knock on closed doors before they enter the room.

22) when your children don't run up to collect from your hands the stuff you brought home from outside as you walk in through the door.

23) when your children request for a bribe to carry out their home chores or extra task.

24) when your child behaves as if his grand parent is dirty, ugly or irritating to him

25) when your children have not learned to get up from the chair for the elderly to sit
26) when your child tells a lot of lies

27) when your child ask 'who is that'  at a knock on your door instead of 'please, who is there'

28) when your child is always seated around your visitors when being served drinks, instead of his going away from the parlour instantly to give you some priavcy with your visitor, etc.

29) when your children are always in the habit of pointing their fingers at other people

30) when your children play and jump around when prayers are going on (from age 4 & above)

Pls circulate to all  parents that are on your contact list to assure us of a better future for the children! Pls forward this to all parents you know!