A Few More Things Before We Eat
We have almost made it to the end of the week, but we are not able to start eating yet. Before we eat, we will briefly go over some guidelines for sitting at the table.
Throughout the course of the meal, sit up straight. Don’t lean on the table with any part of your body. Keep your elbows off the table, too.
Don’t rock or tip your chair. It may be fun, and you may feel that you are in control. But it can make others around you nervous and uncomfortable.
Keep your legs pretty much together and your feet flat on the floor under your chair. If you sprawl with your legs pointed in different directions, you are probably taking up someone else’s space. If you swing your feet or stretch out your legs, there is a high likelihood that you will kick someone.
Remember that dinner is supposed to be an enjoyable event but not necessarily a rockin’ good time. Use inside voices and keep the conversation pleasant. Leave that exciting story of your bike crash where they had to pick stones out of your wounds and stitch them up with 47 stitches for another time.
Tags: children, communication, dinner etiquette, education, Manners, people skills, Table Manners
Table Manners | lifeskills | February 26, 2009
