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?

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 ...

Resting your elbows on the table was considered incredibly rude and sloppy in 1960s South Carolina homes. Kids learned early ...

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 ...

FROM ANDREWS MCMEEL SYNDICATIONFOR RELEASE: FRIDAY, DECEMBER 27, 2019MISS MANNERS by Judith Martin, Nicholas Ivor Martin and Jacobina MartinWHY DO I HAVE TO EAT AT THE KIDS’ TABLE? DEAR MISS MANNERS: ...

In today's Miss Manners column, advice columnist Judith Martin responds to a student who wants to leave focused friend for ...