Readers response: What’s the earliest lesson you remember learning from your parents?
We asked our readers what the earliest lesson they remember learning from their parents is, and the response was overwhelming. Here's what they said.
Susan Taber - Didn't realise we were learning at the time .. but manners, respect, kindness, doing chores, doing what we were told.
Diane Lovell - Always be polite and kind.
Hentie Jacobs - Saying please and thank you, cleaning up after yourself, and always lend a helping without asking.
Lynette Miller - There is always someone worse off than yourself.
Judith Forbes - To be respectful of your elders.
Tina Shaw - Integrity, know and be your integrity and you will always sleep peacefully.
Kerry Houston - Manners and kindness.
Sylvia Ure - To stop at the footpath before crossing the road.
Margaret Gleeson-Walden - Not to answer back.
Rosalie Jones - To love my siblings.
Heather Gem - Manners.
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