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Manners at Home

September 24, 2007 |13:18 | By : Team X

Home is where you learn to get along with people. 'Me closer you live with other people, the more important good manners are. Everybody in a household should respect the rights and feelings of everybody else. Try to listen when others in the family have something to say. Even a little brother or sister who can't yet read or a grandmother who seems quite old has a right to an opinion.

It is important for members of a family to consider each other's privacy. No matter how crowded a home is, everyone in it has a right to some place that is his own. Here are some privacy don'ts:

    * Don't open a closed door until you have knocked and waited for permission to enter.
    * Don't go into anyone else's bureau, desk, box, or papers at home or anywhere else without his permission.
    * Don't read anyone's mail or anything he has written (for example, a diary) unless he asks you to.
    * Don't discuss the private affairs of your family with outsiders or tell about a family problem.

Another important part of family good manners is sharing. You share the TV set and the telephone and the bathroom and maybe a bedroom or a closet or a desk. You share the work. This means cleaning up after yourself and sharing the responsibility for the safety of everyone in the house.

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