What is Respect?

• being kind to other family members
• using polite language
• talking and spending time with relatives and/or other family members
• listening when someone else is talking

Encouraging Respect in your child:

• Praise and encourage your child when he or she is being respectful.
• Speak to your child with respect, and answer his or her questions in a polite manner. Expect the same behaviour from your child.
• Share an example of how someone was respectful toward you, and how this made you feel.
• Encourage respectful manners and speaking politely to others in the community.