No praising?

[playfelt]

It makes sense to me 5LM in the sense that I don't force the children to do many of those little politeness things as it becomes a ritual and nothing else. I want them to say it because they mean it and that also means understanding why and when to say it. I say it and applaud them if they say it back but don't stand there holding a cookie enticing a 2 year old to say please before they can have it like I know some providers/parents do. I too have parents that ritualistically say thank you as they pick up their kids and while I like it it falls on deaf ears many times as it gets lost as a ritual in that I know they are doing it out of habit too.