The attempt to impress the lesson, by dramatic exhibition, may easily
fail because the wrong theme is presented or the realistic feature is
carried too far. Particularly when working with young children, the
negative types of action should not be dwelt upon if it is avoidable.
Acquirement of polite manners can be attained only by gradual steps.
Assisting a lame man on the street is a matter that every child in
school can comprehend. For young children the lessons in politeness
should bear on the obvious and most necessary points of contact between
persons. Although many impulses to courteous treatment arise in a child,
there is always need to teach him how to perform the acts which
convention has fixed upon as necessary to good breeding. The greatest
advances will be made by helping the child to take the other person’s
point of view. This will be certain to elicit sympathetic responses.