Teach your kids these New Year’s Eve rituals and they will be absolutely loved by everyone!

Chinese New Year is a festival full of joy and happiness, on this day, we will see many relatives we haven’t seen for a long time, many friends from all directions, we eat together, drink together, and have a happy reunion together. So, as a member of the family, what are the Chinese New Year etiquette for young children? 1, do not do things that seriously affect others The special problem during the Spring Festival is that often enter unfamiliar environments, receive more stimuli, the child is easy to get excited, parents have to use some methods to enhance his control – but never reprimand, reprimand is also a kind of strong emotions, but will exacerbate the child’s mood swings. You can use some agreed upon small actions, small games, such as counting colors game, clap game, let the child quiet down. 2, see people address indispensable Generally speaking, the more common relatives, know how to be polite babies will call, such as grandparents, grandparents, uncles, aunts and so on. However, more guests during the Spring Festival, it depends on parents to teach in advance how to address the guests to meet. As some of the names are rarely used by children, they are more colloquial when they call them. If you wait to meet with the guests before teaching children to call, the child may feel awkward and refused to open, if you see the guests before and the child “rehearsal” to call, the child called up a very natural. 3, blessing words to say more than one year old baby will say the words are not too much, mothers and fathers can teach their babies beforehand to greet with gestures: clasping fists and bowing, see friends and relatives smile and greet. More than two years old baby can teach them to say “congratulations on wealth”, “Happy New Year”, “years of peace” and other auspicious words and wishes. Some babies may not be able to pronounce these words correctly, or may not be able to say them in their entirety, so moms and dads need to be more understanding of this. In addition, you can teach older children, say some festivals, seasonal auspicious words, such as wishing elders a long and healthy life, wishing older siblings academic progress and so on. 4, red envelope etiquette accept the red envelope to thank the elders to give the red envelope, the babies should be received with both hands and say thank you to the elders. Babies to if the baby is too small will not do, mothers and fathers can hold the baby’s hand, both hands to receive the red envelope, and then take the baby together to say “thank you”. Red envelopes should not be opened in person Young children under 2 years old will not know what a red envelope is, as long as you tell him to say thank you when someone gives it to him, and then put it in their pockets or give it to their mothers. After the baby a little understanding, to talk to them beforehand, received a red envelope, can not be opened in front of guests, the best practice is to immediately put the red envelope into the bag of mom and dad or the baby’s own bag. To instill in children the correct concept – the red envelope is not in how much, but the New Year’s elders to the younger generation of a kind of heart and blessings. 5, table manners good food do not enjoy adults are generally more spoiled children: children love to eat things will intentionally let children eat more. However, if there are guests present, we should teach our children to be polite. Before eating, you should tell your child: “Everyone likes good food, so if there is good food on the table, you should not eat it all by yourself, but leave some for others to eat. Too selfish children no one likes.” 6, dining hygiene should pay attention to Some children like to pick and choose to eat, parents should remember to say to their children: “When eating, we take the food to take in front of their own, look at the piece on the clip, do not flip around to copy, it is very rude performance. Meat and vegetables with soup should be more careful, so as not to splash dirty clothes, people will say you are not hygienic children. When you put down the bowl after eating, you should politely say: “Please enjoy your meal”. (1) eating utensils can not be knocked clanking; (2) not to grab rice and vegetables with their hands; (3) after serving food to let the elders to let the first dish; (4) others to their own dishes, to politely say thank you; (5) meal time can not be loud, not to mention the rice with talking. 7, hospitality etiquette to treat guests to be kind When there are guests, parents should guide and encourage their children to be kind, active and guests greetings, guests into the house, the older children, you can do some simple hospitality work, such as: greet guests to sit down, pouring tea for the guests and so on. Adults do not talk in the adult conversation, let the child understand quietly do their own thing is a good boy, back and forth and casually interject is disrespectful to the guests. 8, guest etiquette active greetings to say thank you lead the child to other people’s homes as a guest, after entering the door, parents should guide the child to take the initiative to take off the shoes row neatly after the greeting. Remember to let your child say “thank you” when he or she is entertained. Don’t touch other people’s things Children are curious by nature, and even more so in unfamiliar environments. Tell your child that it is impolite to touch other people’s things casually, and that if he or she wants to play with toys or read a book, he or she must ask the owner’s permission. Remember not to interrupt adult conversations when playing by yourself, and remember to let your child put things away after playing. Pay attention to hygiene Special attention should be paid to the hygiene of your child’s shoes and socks. Don’t let your child climb up or down in other people’s houses, and don’t step on the sofa with your shoes on. In addition, children should be taught in advance to be polite, to say good luck, and to thank the host family for their hospitality. 9, social etiquette active sharing don’t be stingy when there are small guests, generously take out toys and small guests to play with, will make the small guests extraordinarily happy. Parents can lead the child to send the guest a paragraph when the guest leaves, parents can say with the child: “and x x say goodbye, come back when you have time!” Even if the parents teach the child to say, from the child’s mouth will make the guests feel happy. After this kind of influence, the child will surely become a polite little master. Most children nowadays are only children, and they are the little emperors at home, where no one fights with them for anything. However, the situation is different when they come to the home of a family with children, or when children come to their own home. If they are not educated, they will often get into trouble with each other. The Chinese New Year is a good opportunity to teach your child to live in harmony with others. This is because when he grows up, he will also need to have the virtues of humility and unity. Take advantage of the Spring Festival to take children as guests during the education of children’s social etiquette, so that the child age one year more, understand a little more. 10, telephone etiquette to answer the phone with questions and answers to answer the phone the basic etiquette requirements, parents can draw on in educating their children: children to learn to answer the phone, “Hello”, “Excuse me”, “Please wait a moment! “Such a polite language; answer the phone when the voice to lighten some, do not yell on the phone; answer the phone to ask questions and answer, answer questions to be generous, can not be a long time not to respond to the other side of the question, but also do not know how to answer, the phone thrown away and run to other places. Pay attention to the time on the phone when adults call, the child should not interrupt or grab the microphone; call to report their names first, and explain to find the person; do not eat while answering the phone; hang up the microphone, to be gently put, can not drop the microphone, or hang up the phone; answer the phone, learn to say “goodbye”, and then hang up the phone, do not just care about the phone. And then hang up the phone, do not just care about their own talk to hang up the phone; to pay attention to the time of the call, the call time should not be too long, and do not choose too early or too late time to call, so as not to affect the other people’s rest.