DEAR MISS MANNERS: My daughter is having a 14th birthday party/dance. I would like to strongly encourage the kids to leave their cellphones and electronic devices at home. How would you word that on ...

“Catch the Etiquette Bug” with Mrs. Jill Kryston and learn table manners, social etiquette and communication skills in association with “Defining Manners: A School of Contemporary Protocol.” The class ...

Lani Brockman, artistic director of Studio East in Kirkland, knows. It was her idea to take a classic fairy tale and turn it into a sort of sibling rivalry between a pampered baby bear and a little ...

Teaching your kiddos to be thoughtful and polite humans is a never-ending job—so why not make it a little fun along the way? CoComelon makes it easy for little ones to learn how to say “please,” ...

Do you feel hideously inadequate around moms with calm, composed, well-mannered children (surely their kids don’t slap random strangers at a museum)? Not surprisingly, modeling good behavior is key to ...

Teaching kids table manners doesn’t have to feel like a lecture—it can be a game everyone enjoys. Through playful dining activities, children learn etiquette, social skills, and confidence in a ...

In the grand scheme of things, the lack of a “please” isn’t one of the world’s biggest problems, and kindness is more important than an automatic “thank you”. But when I’ve stood up from the table ...

One of the best things a parent can do for their children is to teach them good manners. That responsibility should not be left to the teachers, caregivers and definitely not the TV. As a parent this ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: My adult daughters learned etiquette from me. It was passed down from my mother. Somewhere along the line, the old etiquette has been forgotten and new manners have been invented by ...

"It's wonderful to be able to share it with children and help them appreciate it, that it is really their house," said Mary Pat Abele, executive director. They start to feel at home while they learn ...