Four Rules for Success

You’ve heard that good manners are better than a good education—so how can you incorporate good etiquette into homeschooling?

As your kids begin their first job or venture to college, it is important that they know how to treat other people, and while these principles are pretty simple, they will help your child be successful at work and at college as well. The principles are simple table and social manners.

4 Rules for Success:
1. Say please and thank you
2. Be on time
3. Keep your word
4. Complete what you start.

I believe these take up Jesus’ Golden Rule, “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.”

The third principle is an obvious one, but I think we can all agree that it is important to remember, and that is to keep our word. Failing to keep our word is kind of like lying, but keeping our word is a sign of integrity. Many times we have good intentions when we make promises but as time goes by, it’s easy to change our minds and try to wiggle our way out of it.
In Proverbs 12:22, the Bibles tells us that “Lying lips are an abomination to the Lord, but those who deal truthfully are his delight.” We should keep our word even if it becomes difficult. An exception would be if what we’ve promised to do conflicts with an emergency or it was wrong to begin with. Then we must make the appropriate appeals to be released. By keeping our promises we demonstrate that we have godly character. Matthew 5:37 says, “Let your yes be yes, and your no be no.”
Those of us who seem to get ourselves into situations where we find we’ve broken our word over and over again, need to recognize this is an issue we need to take to the Lord. But if we keep our word and do what we’ve promised, our kids will see a small but profound difference in their interactions with other people.