You’re probably thinking you’ve got good manners down pat; after all, you never forget to say ‘please’ or ‘thank you’. But it’s important to consider what having good manners actually means, ...

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 ...

Mealtime in my house was chaotic. Introducing new rules to follow each week helped my kids with table manners.

When children visit ... going to Grandma’s, or a restaurant, or the grocery store, it’s a great time to reel it in and ...

Children’s etiquette isn’t what it used to be. Case in point: One of my students nailed me in the head with a doughnut. I ...

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 ...

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?

I completely understand where the restaurant is coming from and I never intended my video to attack them personally,” the mom ...

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 ...

Manners are simply just the way we do things. They have become pretty well accepted as the way to behave. Another way to conceptualize manners is to think of them as ways to be considerate of others.