Introduction: etiquette is a habit of providing a pleasant experience and thinking of others, and table manners can be applied to all kinds of etiquette. So how do you teach your children table manners?

The 12 most basic table manners a child should master

1. Enjoy every meal we have with a grateful heart.

This gratitude includes for the various seasons of nature that bring us a variety of seasonal delicacies, for the people who cultivate them, and for the foods that give us nourishment and energy. This kind of gratitude, more than the way we hold our chopsticks, more than the way we sit for our meals, should be passed on as a family culture.

2. Ask your elders to take their seats first, and serve them food first.

The honoring of the elderly is a traditional virtue of the Chinese people, and when the children are small, the parents should do a good job of demonstrating this by inviting the elders of the family to take their seats first, and giving them the rice first. The first thing you need to do is to ask your elders to sit down and give them the food first. Before the elders start to eat, the younger ones should not eat first. When the parents hand the bowl to the child, the child should take the bowl with both hands to show respect to the elders.

3. Don't leave your seat before you finish eating

In addition to washing your hands before meals, it's best to let your child develop a habit of dealing with going to the restroom before eating, so that he or she can enjoy the meal with more peace of mind and relaxation.

4. Sit up straight and maintain an upright posture.

This not only looks good, but is also good for digestion.

5, hold the chopsticks correctly

In fact, it only takes 1 hour for a mom to teach her child to use chopsticks, and a single use of chopsticks can make a person look educated. Our ancestors invented chopsticks, a prop that can be used for all kinds of food, and it contains the deep traditional tradition of responding to change with simplicity and complexity, and this is the essence of our old culture. cultural essence, which we must pass on.

6. Don't bang on the chopsticks or make a lot of noise while eating.

7. Avoid flipping around in the plate

Don't use the spoon or chopsticks to flip around in the plate in order to pick the dishes you like to eat. Some people even transfer all the dishes they like from the plate and leave the unpalatable ones for other people, which is a kind of rude behavior and seems to be more selfish.

8, eat as much as possible do not make a sound

education children chewing rice as much as possible to close their mouths, drink soup slowly and wait for the soup to cool before drinking, do not come up to the Siri holler drink.

9. Don't do anything else while eating.

Eating time is a time for the family to get together, and it's also the best time to strengthen parent-child communication, and children will have a lot of things they want to share with their parents, so please cherish this time. Remind your children that they are not allowed to play with toys while eating. Try to create a quiet environment during meals as well, and don't let your child watch TV while eating. At the same time, we should also remind mom and dad that even if they are busy, they should not answer their cell phones for a long time during meals. After all, in such a busy modern society, it's actually a blessing for a family to have a meal together in peace and without any interruptions.

10. Thank the person who prepared the food after the meal.

11, if you want to leave the table first after eating, greet your elders with, "I'm done eating."

12, help clear the table, clean up the dishes or help wash the dishes after the meal.

Ways to teach table manners:

1. Eat together. The more a child eats with his or her parents, the more he or she will learn proper etiquette.

2. Don't ask for it fast. Teach one or two manners systematically over the same period of time.

3. Reasonable goals. Each child is an individual, parents should try to understand the child's ability, for one child effective 'method in other children may not work at all, to pay attention to the age difference.

4. Be flexible. If your child is very out of sorts one day, relax and delay until the next day.

5. Be lively and fun. Children are imaginative, all like to play the role of characters in life, sometimes it is worthwhile to set up a beautiful meal, invite them to dress up for the feast, teach them to behave in a manner commensurate with the identity of the characters they play.

6, often drill. Parents take their children to restaurants to eat, in public, so that children familiar with the usual etiquette learned.

7. Positive teaching. Children tend to resent things that are forbidden to them. Instead of criticizing them after they do something wrong, tell them what to do beforehand.

8. Make the most of opportunities. On holidays or festive occasions, take the opportunity to teach your children the principles of dress, dining, and behavior.

9. Explain. Try to explain to your children at all times why you are following the rules of etiquette, as this will help them to develop a sense of self-consciousness.

10. Set an example. Teach your children to learn from those who are doing well, and also use videotapes, books, and pictures to educate them.

As parents, we can not always follow the children, and can not keep them for life, but I believe that the accumulation of these details of happiness, such as table manners, must be able to continue to improve their happiness index, but also can achieve a better life.