Ok, hopefully everyone survived Thanksgiving and Black Friday with a minimum of hair-pulling and scratches. I’m wondering if they should rename it “Black and Blue Friday” to acknowledge the madness that overcomes people during the biggest shopping day of the year.
Surviving the craziness reminds me of something else I’m thankful for: manners. I’m not one to fight over a parking space or elbow my neighbor out of the way for a video game or television. And I’m proud to say that my kids are comfortable with the words “please” and “thank you”; they don’t shove past people in public, or make a scene when they don’t get everything they want. Nope, they’re not perfect, but I definitely feel a huge sense of pride when a stranger compliments my child’s manners.
Since it’s the gift-giving season, another thing that falls under the category of “manners” is thank you cards. I write them, and my kids write them any time we receive a gift; although I sometimes have to remind them that yes, bath towels and underwear count as gifts. I’ll go ahead and mention that Collage Greetings has some fabulous thank you cards for both adults and kids. One of the things I love about our Good Buddy Notes is the kid-friendly touch they add to their thank you cards. Rather than looking like “old people” stationery, Good Buddy cards have that playfulness that kids really seem to have fun and identify with. So even though my kids still view thank you cards as a chore, at least they have a creative way to embrace their inner “Miss Manners” while personalizing the art of saying thank you.
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