Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As parents, we all aspire to raise respectful humans who never forget to mind their manners, but instilling such propriety in your ...

Do you believe having manners will make your child vulnerable? Maybe you think children who are too nice will get bullied. If so, you might be telling your kids to “fight back” or “toughen up.” Or do ...

We all know thosechildren. The ones who say please and thank you. Who share without whining. Who ask to be excused before they leave the table. Sometimes they're our very own children, behaving in a ...

Saying "please" and "thank you" is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to children's etiquette ...

Short questions I’ve been asked of late (mostly by journalists) and proportionately short answers: Question: Is there a single most important thing parents should be teaching during their children’s ...

What happens when you ask a group of elementary-school kids how they would teach their children manners if they were the parents? Based on the group of kids we brought together in Atlanta, you get a ...

Tiffany Caldwell remembers family dinners from her childhood well. When her elbows lingered on the table for too long or she was slouching at the table, she'd hear about it from Forkman, a character ...

Do you believe having manners will make your child vulnerable? Maybe you think children who are too nice will get bullied. If so, you might be telling your kids to “fight back” or “toughen up.” Or do ...