Dear Miss Manners: From time to time, I find myself on the receiving end of rude behavior from the adolescent children of ...
Grandma gives your preschooler an outfit she spent hours picking out, and your little one responds, “I don’t like blue dresses.” Yikes. Better revisit the lesson on manners. Good manners spring from ...
Teaching your kiddos to be thoughtful and polite humans is a never-ending job—so why not make it a little fun along the way? CoComelon makes it easy for little ones to learn how to say "please," ...
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 are responsible for teaching their kids good manners. That doesn't mean they are pros at the lessons, though. Kids aren't born knowing they shouldn't talk with their mouths full. Their ...
Parents rarely intend to raise a child who is rude or unkind. Usually it happens by accident, after years of giving in to ...
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, ...
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, ...
Motherhood is busy, which is the excuse I'll give here for explaining the fact that my 8-year-old still struggles with this idea. "Parents often think about regulation in terms of big emotions at home ...