My son is 12 and I started giving him some more freedom, and trust me its hard.  As a parent I try my best to teach my kids manners .  He was riding his scotter today going to Tim Hortons, a lady told him he did good crossing the road and was very polite.  So I want to thank you, as you may not know how much you made his day and mine.  He has very low self esteem, I try to bulid him up everyday.  So by a total stranger doing somthing so little made a big impact on him.  So thank you from the bottom of my heart for makeing my son feeling good about him self today.