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People who have good manners at restaurants never order while talking on the phone simultaneously. It's considered rude to ...
DEAR MISS MANNERS: Ten years ago, I was a working single mom to a loving, but rather difficult, 5-year-old boy. Not having enough bandwidth for everything, I decided to pick my battles in raising him.
Table manners, of course, are more complex than just sitting through dinner and learning to chew with one's mouth closed. So I have to admit that there may come a time when I do invest in ...
Not long ago, an elderly friend observed that manners and etiquette are a thing of the past. The politeness and the refined behavior of yester-year seemed no longer relevant. Little attention is pa… ...
Seven-year-olds Serena Beggs and Alexandra Valladares are in total agreement that the proper way to wipe their mouths at the table is to gently dab their lips with their napkins. “You don’t ...
Old School? Maybe. But This Palm Beach County Teacher Says Table Manners Are ... Your dress isn’t going to look good if ... then all you have to do is twist your wrist,” said 11-year-old ...
DEAR MISS MANNERS: I have a tremor in my hands, worse in my dominant hand, and it affects my table manners. In public, I try to choose foods that are relatively easy for me to handle, but I often have ...
DEAR MISS MANNERS: Ten years ago, I was a working single mom to a loving, but rather difficult, 5-year-old boy. Not having enough bandwidth for everything, I decided to pick my battles in raising him.
Southern Folks: Good manners and old-school ways. October 5, 2019 at 10:00 a.m. | Updated October 3, 2019 at 11:56 p.m. by Bill Stamps. Bill Stamps. When I was a kid, back in the 1950s, due to ...
Dear Amy: I am facing a dilemma: My 9-year-old grandson needs to be taught some table manners! He doesn’t use the napkin given to him, doesn’t know the correct way to use utensils, he licks ...