Is bad manners being bad or is it just something people do not like? Well, everyone has used bad manners at some point in their life. Somehow though bad manners can really upset people or annoy them.
Bad manners can be defined as "impoliteness resulting from ignorance" or "a discourteous manner that ignores accepted social usage".
Manners need to be taught. This should normally be the task of parents. Children that have been taught proper manners will be well equipped with survival skills for the rest of their lives.
Sadly, it would appear that today some parents seem to have absconded their responsibility in bringing their children up with good manners and in teaching them to have consideration for others. In 2008 an article in the Daily Mail titled "Britain, the spitting image of bad manners" by Neil Sears stated "more than half of those questioned said poor manners were the biggest problem facing society and just over two thirds said they were the cause of anti-social behaviour" and "parents are largely to blame for the declining standards" according to the survey for a TV programme.
Statistics provided by the Home Office to end December 2007 show that a total of 14,972 anti-social behaviour orders were issued in England and Wales.
This poses the question: Should parents be made legally responsible for the actions of their children living at home irrespective of age, including having to pay compensation where appropriate?
Daily Mail (London), 28 April 2008
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