Power of Please and Thank You

Simply, etiquette means treating others the same way you want to be treated. But learning etiquette rules can mean much more than this. Proper etiquette helps us identify with important emotions like empathy, sympathy, and compassion. When we are polite to others, we acknowledge that they are important and have the same feelings as we do. With this in mind, we will discuss the reasons why certain conventions of etiquette really help us identify with these emotions. PLEASE AND THANK YOU When you say "please", you acknowledge you are asking someone for something that you are not necessarily entitled to. It signals respcet and conveys you idnefity that person as at least an equal, rather than implying that he is a servant and required to do what you ask. In the same way, once the request is honored and fulfilled, saying thank you or writing a thank you note implies gratitude for the act. "Thank you" is derived from the word "think." You are basically saying "I will remember what you have done". So it important that adults show children these conventions. They will go a long way to help remove from us any sense of entitlement that rarely serves anyone well.