Books on Raising Well Mannered Children

Raise Happy Children - Teach them Virtues! by Mary Ann Budnik
Discipline that Lasts a Lifetime by Ray Guarendi
Bringing up Boys by Dr. Dobson
Bringing up Girls by Dr. Dobson

Good Luck!
~sahmatwork

"What Do You Say, Dear?" By Sesyle Joslin
and
"How Do Dinosaurs (Go To School?, Eat Their Food?, Get Well Soon?,
Say Good Night?, Say I Love You?)" By Jane Tolen

You don't mention how old your children are, but we like the Berenstein Bears books. We've gotten all of them from the library and even got a compliation book from a friend that put about 6 stories into one book.

If you have smaller kids, there are books called "Teeth are not for biting", "Hands are not for hitting", etc.

For older kids, my daughter likes Junie B Jones. They are funny stories of a kindergartender who is growing up and the naughty things she does. They open up discussions about what the right way to behave is. It's really funny with "kid logic" and funny spelling of words too...just like kids think. They talk about "cheating", "snooping", etc.

You'll get lots of ideas for kids' books, so here's my suggestion for great parent books. I love "emotion coaching" to support and encourage kids emotional understanding of themselves and others.

How to Talk So Kids Will Listen, and Listen So Kids Will Talk, and Raising an Emotionally Intelligent Child are both terrific. Kudos for parenting so intentionally!

I have no books but...just a few tips, lead by example, fair and firm direction, consistent correction. Lots of unconditional love.

We ordered a Disney Princess series of books from a book club. i think it had about 26 books in total, but each book tackles a different type of behavior like saying please, sharing, taking turns, etc. My daughter loves them! I think they had a boy version of the books too that wasn't just princesses. Check out Scholastic Books - they often offer acollection of books on behavior or manners. We use them as bed time stories and talk about what is happening to the characters and how it makes them feel. This with the reinforcement of leading by example seems to have worked pretty well on our 2 yr old so far!

My kids love the "How do Dinosaurs Eat Their Food" - they got it for Christmas as a gift... I didn't relize they had more of the donosaur book - hummm birthday idea for my boys, Thanks B!

ok well i think they learn this by us the parents. What we show and express is what they learn on top of s reinforcing when th times are needed in saying megan what do you say Please can I have that..... Thank! Can I please do this or that......... Thank You! ouneed to enforce all of it as a parent its our Job. Also I don't believe in hitting but those that are out of control and can't get it sometimes need out time and not given what they want because they did not use manners. Its all up to us to show whats right and wrong.