Should Parents Say a "Please" to their Preschool-age Child?
Absolutely yes! It doesn’t harm at all to say a please to your child. As you know, we at BookMyCostume run an online business of kids costume rental and sale in India and so we interact with a lot of parents and children. So talking from our own experience, we have seen that kids who at a very young age are treated by their parents as equals who have their own unique thought process, viewpoint, mood, preference, and a way of doing things tend to be more intelligent and better developed. and believe us, kids brain develops very early so they do have their own strong choices. A “please” would mean that you are treating them with respect. Talking in a rude tone, or shouting to make your child do what you want is not right. In fact a child would learn from you, ape you, and somehow would start believing that shouting is the way to get things done. So if he/she wants a toy or not do something, he/she will use the same trick. Having peaceful conversations and reasoning is very i...