home training

Manners from family

Home training refers to the manners, social skills, and basic decorum instilled in childhood by one's family.

The phrase appears most often in African American English, typically in criticism: That boy has no home training suggests his parents failed to teach him how to behave.

Didn't your mama give you any home training?

To lack home training is to be rude, uncivilized, or ignorant of basic social expectations.

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sit up straight · mind your manners · homeschooling · respect your elders · punctuality · responsibility · self-culture · empathy · honesty · gratitude · core · mat · conflict resolution · plank · focus · budgeting · sweat · squat

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Opposites
upbringing quality

home trainingrudeness

Disrespectful social behavior

bad manners · disrespect · boorishness · incivility · neglect

educational setting

home trainingclassroom instruction

Teaching in school setting

professional training · vocational school · schooling · formal education · public schooling

Family

home, training, homes, homed, homing, homely, homeless, homeward, homeland

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Mostly American · Timeless · Abstract · Everyday, not technical · Rated G