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.

Holding the door open for strangers and using a knife and fork correctly may have been dismissed as outdated by a generation raised on TikTok and antidepressants. But a new study has found that young ...

Renowned etiquette coach Myka Meier told the Daily Mail there are a myriad of rules that come with socializing, sharing the ...

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 his ...

While there are certainly some social norms and old-fashioned etiquette expectations — like "respecting your elders" without reservation or certain dress codes — that no longer make sense or feel ...

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.

You know that weird moment when you’re trying to be polite-but something just feels off? Some gestures we grew up calling “polite” now spark discomfort instead of appreciation. As social dynamics ...

If you go visit my mother, you will leave feeling as if you have just left the classiest bed and breakfast in the world. She has old-school manners, and it shows by what she chooses to keep in her ...

Dear Abby: My 11-year-old niece, “Nina,” has no table manners. I was surprised at her inappropriate behavior because her parents are well-educated people who were raised with good table manners. I ...

Dear Annie: My 40-year-old son-in-law has horrible manners. At dinner, if we have a buffet set up with six pieces of chicken, and there are six people eating, he will grab four pieces. He’s always ...