As a grandparent of five teenage grandchildren, I am learning some painful things about teen rebellion with at least one of them. I also notice a correlation between rebelliousness in my teenage grandchildren and the degree to which they were taught manners.

Trace Embry, founder and Executive Director of Shepherd’s Hill Academy and radio host for License to Parent agrees. His insights given to parents on this subject are equally important for us as grandparents. Trace recently did a blog post and radio feature concerning the impact teaching manners can have on the escalating problem of teen rebellion. Manners are not consistently taught in many homes, and I believe grandparents can pick up the slack to help in this area.

Read (and listen) to what Trace has to say. Then reply in my comment section of this post to let me know how his thoughts have impacted you, and what you are doing to build character through good manners in your own grandchildren.

Manners Help Teens Think of Others

When I was younger, I never understood the importance of good manners. But, now that I work with a team of people in helping at-risk youth, I understand the importance of simple manners that this generation knows little about [CONTINUE READING]