i love the barbie movies! they're not all fluffy like the disney ones! i'm huge on table manners. i'm trying to get them to hold their utensils properly now before they go out in the world and look like they're trying to kill the meat on their plates. chewing with their mouths closed seems like a pipe dream right now!

Manners are huge. Please, thank you and excuse me are often forgotten but so simple

Our household is huge on manners. There are so many I hope my children take on. The biggest piece of etiquette advice I would love and hope my children do is to hold the door for others. I find it very frustrating and rude if people go through the door and are oblivious to others around them. Women, men, mothers with strollers, young, old, able-bodied, disabled...........it doesn't matter, they all deserve to have a door held for them when you see them coming. Please pass it on..............

The one piece of etiquette advice I would pass on to my child is to never take part in or start gossip about other people. If they don't share in the gossip they can't hurt the feelings of someone they might like. They should just walk away when people who are with them start to gossip about someone. It's easier to do this, than to try to persuade the gossipers to stop. The gossip mongers might eventually catch on that you won't participate! I want my child to understand that gossip is unacceptable and hurtful!

Respect the elderly.

I would like my children to be polite and helpful at all times and walk way from the people who are not nice instead of being hurtful.

Remember to say please and thank you.

Be respectful of others!

Ask to be excused from the supper table. I dislike it when I am still eating and my kids get up and walk away.

Always say please and thank you

To say thankyou after receiving a gift!

please always place a napkin on your lap and use utensils 'from the outside in'

Respect your elders but never be afraid to say no.

The Barbie movies are awesome!! The one piece of etiquette advice I give my children is to treat others like you want to be treated!

As others have commented, manners are very important. As far as table etiguette is concerned, to chew with their mouths' closed would be my biggest no no.

always wipe your feet
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respect for themselves and others, and always always always remember their pleases and thank you's!!

manners, manners, manners!

I would tell them not to become involved in gossip. I also think all manners are important.

One advice I believe in is to be nice and think before you speak.

I would like to pass on "Don't eat with your mouth full".

Manners...dont forget your pleases and thank yous..it goes a long way!

Look at someone when they're talking to you.

I think that the most important thing that my parents taught me, and is very hard for both my daughter and myself as we are both on the Autism spectrum is to look people in the eye when talking to them. Now the trick I am learning is to look away sometimes - I have only been told this reciently by a therapist of my daughters who knows I also have Aspergers! She says I look "to hard" at people and can make them uncomfortable! I am trying to do that!

Always say please and thank you!

I would like my girls to remember the tone of the voices when they talk to others.
The way you say something is sometimes more important than what is being said...

I would tell me daughter to always eat with her mouth closed and not show everyone what she is chewing and also not to speak while chewing.

To always treat others with respect even if you do not agree with them. It is a great way to avoid conflicts.

O how I love Barbie!

I think the most important one for me would be, saying "thank you" Such a simple thing means so much.
Thanks for the contest, my daughter would love this :)

My granddaughter who is an avid Barbie fan would be ever so thrilled to own anything connected with Barbie.She would go through the motions and put on a wonderful display of charm and good manners if Barbie was to tell her this is the proper thing to do.

respect for others to me is the most important, I believe it covers so many other areas, repect of property, respect of elderly, respect for the earth etc. This looks like a great movie!

Always say Thank you, and mean it.

When children are polite, kind and honest, they develop character -- and also make their parents look good and it starts at home and Barbie makes a positive impact on kids of all ages.it shows all about Manners and all the important things in life.

Teach them a simple please, thank you and to be patient

saying please and thank you

my children the think i would like them to remember is that everyone is beautiful in there own way manners are very important at my house please thank you but manners dont end there if they are riding there bike on the side walk they are the type of kids that know that the polite thing to do is go around those walking not through them if you bump someone even if you didnt do it say oh i am so sorry manners can go along way if taught

teach them the basics 'please' and 'thank you'

The most important piece of etiquette advice I would like to pass on to my children is manners and having respect for others.

I've taught my boys to hold the door for people, you don't really see that much anymore and I hope they continue to do this into adulthood. I also think manners are super important.

Be Respectful and Kind to others. Offering a helping hand when one is needed.

Manners, Manners, manners are so important. Also, table manners and etiquette.

Always please and thank you

One of the things that seems to have disappeared since the electronic age has become so big is the simple thank you card! Most of us love to get them, yet so few of us send them out unless they are by email. I'm trying to teach my daughter the value of taking the time and effort to actually write and mail them the old fashioned way.

It's an ongoing battle but since I feel the kids have already taken and understood basic manners, I think table manners and etiquette is extremely important. Have you ever dined with someone who eats rice with their hands, or blows their nose in their napkin?! Later in life, this should serve them well!

Remembering to say Please and Thank You will get you far in life. And a smile never hurt either. :)

I want to teach my children that patience is a virtue, not to expect everything right now. waiting your turn to speak or waiting and holding the door for the next person, waiting in line, saving up an allowance for a desired item, ect.

I try to teach my kids to treat others the way you want to be treated.

Simple please and thank yous.

Simple please and thank you's would be appreciated. So difficult to get that through a toddler's head sometimes :)

A piece of advice is if you have nothing nice to say then don't say anything at all.....keep it to yourself.

Greet others with a smile and a friendly hello and always say please and thank you too.

Something i would love to pass down to my children is too always flush the toliet and wash there hands after, and also to put the toliet seat down. i cant stand walking into a bathroom and the toliet seat it up. even the cover being up bothers me.

Remember to always say please and thankyou, it is so important and and also to give up your seat on public transit to a senior citizen or an expectant mother!

I want my children to not expect stuff but to be greatful they have recived it

Manners are extremely important so please and thank you will become key terms in their verbiage! :-

To say please and thank you and to be grateful for what you have.

The biggest piece of etiquette advice I would love and hope for my children to have is manners are very important in our home; please and thank you, to be grateful for what they have to be polite, respectful and helpful at all times.

Remember to say, "Thank you."

ALWAYS say "Please" and "Thankyou" when it's appropriate.

Please and thank you are the magic words.

my one piece of etiquette advice is to always say please and thank you

im currently trying to break my 3 year old of saying 'what?' all the time and replacing it with 'pardon me?'....