· How should parents teach their children good manners?

I suppose there is a multitude of methods that parents can adopt to bring

up children in the way that they always behave themselves. First of all,
parents themselves have to be an ideal role model for their offspring to
follow because youngsters often emulate the behaviors of their parents, no
matter how good or bad they are. Second, parents should have some
prevention of children’s exposure to the ubiquitous inappropriate contents
in the media to make sure that they will not be influenced by those
behavioral disorders. Last but not least, rewards and penalties can
probably be set up to serve as a motivation for the juveniles.

· What’s the difference between being polite and being friendly?

Well I suppose it is somehow the matter of how we appear to others and
we can draw some conflicting analogies between these two concepts. On
the one hand, being polite does not necessarily mean being friendly. One
example of this may be a celebrity may speak pleasantries but is still aloof
from the public. On the other hand, friendliness just does not include
politeness all the time. To illustrate, close friends are hospitable to each
other, often in an cozy and informal way, and sometimes can even
exchange four-letter words with one another, a situation that seems
awkward in formal settings.

· How long do you get along with your friends?

I would say that as I have undergone various vicissitudes in my life, I often
make deliberate decisions when it comes to relationships with the others.
Normally it would take quite long before I am really on good terms with
someone. Some friends when first coming to me may consider me distant
and hell on wheels, but as they have more contact with me, they will come
to sympathize and want to develop a close rapport with me. For example,
there used to be bad blood between me and one of my best friends
because of some misunderstanding, but the situation was not ephemeral
when we found out more about each other through group works at school,
we settled every conflict we had had and grew a stronger bond.

· Are people in your country friendly to foreigners?

Well as far as I know, many foreign tourists to my country often regard
Vietnamese people as one of the most hospitable ones in the world. They
automatically raise a broad smile and appear helpful whenever they see a
tourist from another country. For instance, a great many indigenous people
are willing to offer a lift when tourists get lost on the street. However, I
suppose it is not always the case when a number of people still take
advantage of foreigners’ ignorance and innocence to perform fraudulent
acts such as overcharging fees for services or robbing them of personal
properties.

. Should children be punished if they are rude to other family members?

It is undeniably morally unacceptable that children are rude to other family
members, especially the elder ones, so I can say with certainty that they
should be punished. Early childhood education is important to their
conducts in later stages of life. Once the rod on them is spared, these
children may stick to such disrespectful behaviors and become spoiled and
end up developing an anti-social behavior when they grow up. That is the
reason why parents should apply timely punitive measures to deter the
children from forming bad behavior patterns.