Developing table manners (be) one of the earliest steps parents can take in teaching and showing good behavior to their children. Compared with families that seldom eat together, families that eat together most days of the week tend to be (healthy).
Experts hold the belief teaching table manners can start when a child is eating independently out of the high chair or old enough to sit at the table. Table manners (teach) in the early stages include teaching kids to avoid reaching across the table, eating from their own plates, and saying "please" and "thank you".
Family meals provide good chances (show) and teach good manners. Kids can be taught to politely say it when they don't like something. Also, young kids often can't sit the whole meal, but can learn to properly dismiss (they), rather than interrupt the meal. Besides, never correct manners in inappropriate way and explain to kids why you practice manners, such as why we chew our mouth closed. In (add), everyone at the table should be allowed to be part of a positive conversation. Keep it lighthearted and (interest) and talk about positive things at the table.
