Dear Miss Manners: Well, now I am in trouble. My husband says that even Miss Manners says that I am incorrect. I am a wife and a mother. I feel that it is a duty of a mother to teach her children the ...

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QUESTION: Is there a way I could teach my child to keep his elbows off the table? Also, how do I help them learn to use napkins and to wait until everyone has been served before beginning to eat?

Earlier this year, mealtime at my house was feeling out of control. My kids were talking with their mouths open and complaining about each others poor manners. We introduced new rules gradually to ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: Ten years ago, I was a working single mom to a loving, but rather difficult, 5-year-old boy. Not having enough bandwidth for everything, I decided to pick my battles in raising him.

1. Sleuth with your kids. "For our three kids, ages 8 to 12, we incorporate learning table manners into games of 'I Spy.' I might say, 'I spy someone eating with his mouth open' or 'I spy a napkin ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: Ten years ago, I was a working single mom to a loving, but rather difficult, 5-year-old boy. Not having enough bandwidth for everything, I decided to pick my battles in raising him.

I was recently talking with a parent about manners, more specifically, what are reasonable expectations beyond "please" and "thank you"? Our parent wanted to know how to find opportunities to teach ...

Fri, 18 Sep 2009 10:56:40 GMT — Imagine a board game that could teach your kids to be polite, social graces, and table manners with the roll of the dice. A North Carolina mom has created an award ...

Southern hospitality is something that visitors to Charleston come to expect. Holding the door open for strangers, nodding a hello and flashing a quick smile to others as you pass by, or addressing ...