Correcting Your Dad

Judgemental people.  Always "correcting", never accepting.  Even your daddy isn't good enough for you.

if its just embarrassing habits _{like you said,to me it isnt embarassing,anyway} i would accept them like that.who cares  If its something important like alcoholism or a bad habit dangerous to their health,which they are addcited to,then i would talk with them in love. .jokinly sha.it seriously needs care and caution to do so .

It depends on the kind of communication you have with your dad. My dad shouts a lot on the phone and I'm like "geez daddy 'lower' your voice," sometimes he apologises, sometimes he ignores me but he never gets annoyed 

lol,the look is somethn else even my elder sisters that are married still fear the look and now their husbands too flinch small at the look but they r ok with him tho, only GOD knows how ill have turned out if i had a cool dad like yours lol
true you're right correcting  a child has no age limit in africa/nigeria

if i had an oppotunity to correct my dad eh? ooooooooooo lord, its my time to shineeeeee, i will take advantage of it ooooooo. ,  . . ,  because that man is to dammn perfect. shiiiiit

@Poster (or posted ) my mind. My folks are quite old and Ive never had a problem correcting them of any bad social habit . Ive always been pondering over this topic, more especially for the sake of a pastor in one church I visit occasionally. The man holds a top managerial position in his place of work but he speaks some bad English sometimes on the pulpit. The wife's English is impeccable and his  two undergraduate kids are great. I always wonder why neither the wife nor the kids has been able to correct him. Sometimes I imagine what I would do if he's my dad. Or, does Seun think it's wrong to tell one's dad to pronounce some words well? I think its better a parent feels embarrassed before the child than before a whole church congregation. The man in question is well read o, just wonder why he has decided to stick to his own funny pronunciations when he hears every other person's way of pronuncuation (eg Twisday for Tuesday, childrens for children, just to mention a few).

I think it's the relationship that exists between them as well as the choice of words used  that will determine.  A child to his l dad can say  'Daddy-Daddy,  don't you know its old-fashioned to talk while eating? Or, 'daaady, your voice was so loud on the phone, you know passers-by could easily hear everything you said'. Or, Hmn, My Mummy, you know you used to tell us not to hiss, !
With adequate curtesy, bearing in mind that this old man or woman nurtured you from the womb, chances are the old folk(s) will take the cue.

was in Form  I heard my father (who read Standard  6 of those good old days) tell his