But if you’re already doing that and still feel like you’re failing, check out these tips from an expert who has more than 30 years experience helping families as a licensed clinical social ...

Picture yourself at Thanksgiving dinner. Turkey and stuffing slathered in gravy on your plate. Mashed potatoes making their way around the table. Good cheer emanating from everywhere. “If they ...

One of her standard jabs is to bring me a gift with an insult attached. How does a polite person respond to repeated insults ...

TEACH TABLE MANNERS Tell the kids: Make sure your face and hands are clean before you sit down. Put your napkin in your lap. Use your napkin to wipe your face, not the back of your hand.

A new British Library site surfaces some treasures online, include the Lytille Childrenes Lytil Boke, which tells kids what not to do in polite company. 500-year-old manners book advises kids to ...

Paula Person, founder of a program called The Children`s Spoon, which teaches social manners to young people, collects books on tea. She knows all about the aromatic beverage and about that time ...

A Complete Manners Book for Kids." The latest edition, updated for today's children, recently won the Mom's Choice Gold Award for best children's media, products and services.

The icy stare. You've seen it before. Maybe you've even given it. There's probably no place it's dished out more than a nice restaurant when a family approaches with their kids. Diners fear riots ...

Of the 365 manners for kids listed in Eberly's book — one for each day of the year — a few stand out in her mind: Knock gently on a closed door before entering; borrow items only if you've ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: We host my husband’s sister and her husband for dinner at least once a week. Both of them have terrible table manners. While it bugs me, I could ignore it if it weren’t for ...

GOSHEN — A local children’s author will present her new book at Fables Books at 10:30 Saturday with a special reading. Sheila L. Rutter’s “Amelia Teaches Manners” was released by Austin ...