Mealtime in my house was chaotic. Introducing new rules to follow each week helped my kids with table manners.

Step back into a 1960s Massachusetts kitchen where dinner came with rules, respect, and a few customs today’s kids wouldn’t ...

These old Wisconsin dinner table rules from the 1960s reveal how family life once centered on respect, routine, and mealtime ...

It’s easy to look back on our childhood with a touch of nostalgia, recalling the seemingly simpler times when our parents ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: A friend of my boyfriend posted a years-old photo of a bunch of their friends, and she tagged one person as a way of saying “happy birthday” to them. The photo included my boyfriend ...

A new government poll suggests many parents don't see potty training or basic self-care as essential before children start ...

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 ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: My son and his family live four hours away, and visit often with our two grandchildren. One rule I have is no food or drinks in the living room or bedrooms. Growing up, we were ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: My daughter is having a 14th birthday party/dance. I would like to strongly encourage the kids to leave their cellphones and electronic devices at home. How would you word that on ...

Watch on DVD or Blu-ray starting January 23rd, 1993 - Buy Table Manners for Kids: Tots to Teens DVD ...

GENTLE READER: It is equally perplexing to Miss Manners why children would be unwelcome at a family wedding. She finds them ...