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?

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 ...

Too many parents either don't teach their kids the basics of manners or try to teach their children at the wrong time, she said. "The big problem is that when parents go about 'teaching' these skills, ...

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 ...

Teaching your child table manners can be easy and we have a few tips under our apron to help you. Family meals with children under the age of five are usually messy affairs but still, it’s important ...

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 teach a class for high school freshmen, and one recent morning, I felt ...

Parents know that children learn some lessons more quickly than others. Youngsters may be eager to learn lessons related to an extracurricular activity like dance or sports, but other lessons, ...

Saying “please” and “thank you” is only the start. Here's how to raise a well mannered child… What manners are important in your family? Make a list that includes saying please and thank you, sharing, ...

WAVERLY — Jill Evans Kryston shook hands with each child as he or she was leaving the room, reminding some to make eye contact. “Shake with your right hand,” she corrected one boy, who had tried to ...

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 ...