Well behaved British kids

[MayKit]

Has anyone noticed that the kids in the British families visiting WDW seem to be EXTREMELY well behaved? While there are plenty of American (and other nations) families there with good kids too, the British seem to be exceptional at this!

 

[Maria]

I agree! When I worked the kidcot in the Mexican Pavillion, it was extremely noticeable: xyz kids would say "I want to make a flag/flower/whatever we were making then" and demand to be attended. British kids on the contrary would say "may I make a flag/flower/etc"? and will ALWAYS finish with a "thank you", while for xyz kids we would always hear: "how do you say to the lady?" GGRRRR.... that phrase was a lot more annoying than seeing the kid walk away without saying anything!

 

[CAPTAIN HOOK]

Trust me on this - not all British children are well behaved -my wife and I both have work experience (through different careers) with some real little horrors :lol:
I'm sure that a lot of kids are well behaved in their home surroundings and just get too excited when on holiday that they tend to forget - others are just rude because thats the way their families are.
Its good to be a British parent when things like this get noticed :sohappy:

 

[Welsh Tink]

Thank you so much for your kind compliments! When we visited WDW for the first time, they were quite small, and we explained that they should say please and thank you to the characters for their autographs. When we met Belle, she was so impressed by their manners, she insisted on putting a great big lipstick kiss in their autograph book. My husband was so jealous!
We have always found that the majority of Americans we have met in WDW have been friendly, polite and will wait patiently in line. This is not the case in Disneyland Paris. Manners do not exist over there.
Thanks again for the thread. I'm going to show this to the kids to prove that people do notice manners!

 

[DisneyFreak529]

My mother always told me to treat others like you would like to be treated. If we were rude she would get very angry.

 

[Pumbas Nakasak]

You must have just been lucky :animwink:

 

[TheDisneyMagic]

It's nice to hear that you think British Kids are well behaved, shame that it's not actually the same over here . It's like every where in the world there will be some good behaving people and bad behaving people.

I think it is probably because their parents tell them that the police in Florida are really tough on everyone and they get scared . Joking, I think it's nice to hear but It's a shame that when ever we come over although the kids are being nice, we all ways see loads of Drunk out of their minds Brits (adults) round the parks, that is one thing that winds me up and quite often embarresses me. They are very noisy and affect other peoples time there.

 

[Pippa]

Thank you so much for noticing! Although I am british I am not a parent but it is still nice to hear, unfortunately manners on a worldwide scale seem to be dissappearing but having said that I have mostly come across well behaved children WDW.

 

[MouseMadness]

I think it's the accent... it makes everything they say sound wonderful and proper. :lol: I love listening to the little ones talk!

 

[crazycalf]

Just like Americans, not all British kids are well behaved.
It was probably about the same percentage when I just went.

 

[robynchic]

I've noticed that the British children are better behaved to the characters. Actually, hearing a British child say "Eeyore" is what made me realize why he's named that. And I loved hearing little Scottish children!

Believe me, the British children seem to be the best behaved. It's the American and Hispanic ones that beat characters up! The British ones always hug them.

...I love British children...

 

[bigkidz895]

Although I love children and working with children, nothing ruins a peaceful vacation more than "braty" kids are at their worst. Not to mention parents with poor coping skills; who yell and/or smack their kids into submission. Take a chill folks! Let children explore, but set boundaries and have some discipline.

 

[Tigger1988]

Its that Mary Poppins, she does some good work :lol:

 

[Photo Mickey]

British Children, American Children, Children form all over the world, Are just smaller examples of their Role Models, Parents, etc... The apple doesn't fall far from the tree of life.

 

[nyfrenchy]

Don't get me started with the Brazilian kids....

 

[Tigger1988]

Don't get me started with the Brazilian kids....

Did anyone mention Brazillian kids?...we don't need this thread to blow up in one of the many others there have been on that topic...

 

[Tinkershelly]

Not to mention parents with poor coping skills; who yell and/or smack their kids into submission. Take a chill folks! Let children explore, but set boundaries and have some discipline.

I agree totally that boundaries need to be set, but they also need to be followed up. How many times have we all heard "if you don't stop that we are leaving right now....I'm not kidding....stop that now....ok we are leaving...etc" and yet nothing happens. The kid continues the behavior and the parent continues to whine but doesn't follow through with the punishment. My brother and sister-n-law set boundaries for their kids and when they misbehaved were removed from the store or party or whatever. They only had to do this a couple of times and the kids knew that there would be consequences. As a result my husband and I can take them for a week at a time and they behave perfectly in public. Heck. I'VE been complimented on their good manners by strangers. Its a good thing!

Tink

 

[CAPTAIN HOOK]

...I love British children...

I have two up for sale at the moment :lol:

 

[Scooter]

One of my pet peeves is parents who can't (or won't) control their kids while eating in a nice resturaunt.

I always make a point to thank the parents if their children sitting near me are well behaved.

Positive re enforcement is a good thing

 

[Magic Maker]

Working in the industry I have seen my share of different Guest experiences. I think there is a slightly larger percentage of British children that are well behaved vs. American children.