comment: >
  
  Languages with no equivalent of "please": 😕⁉️
context: When I read the title I thought I was going to disagree. Then I read the rest of the post and I definitely agree. Nothing more annoying in public than a kid whining because they didn’t get their way. >
  
  Our kids have to have a good attitude when they ask, including saying please, regardless of our answer. 
  They expect the same from us, rightfully so. "Go get your brother please" isn't hard to say. >
  
  Exactly. Some parents do the right thing, like you do. The ones that don't get on my nerve. >
  
  It depends. We taught our children to say please when asking for something. Even if we say No. And so far they constantly get praised for how polite they are around grown ups (not us only, but other adults). >
  
  Sounds like you're doing it the logical way! (I'm the OP. I think parents who do it as I described are actually really setting their kids up for unhappiness, and it makes me sad. When I said the kid is being a brat, they are being a brat, but that's (almost) always the parents' faults, not the kid's fault.) >
  
  Honestly kids aren't dumb. They will eventually realize no means no and "what's the magic word" means yes. 
  It's the long path to the same destination sort of. >
  
  as someone who is generally polite i can confirm i get said 'no' to all the time.