We have become a nation of rude people. Does that matter? I actually think it does because there is a link between manners and morals. As a grandfather of three little children, it’s so important to ...
FARGO – Training in social graces began early for Christine Chapweske. She and her five siblings grew up in Ohio, and every night at the dinner table became family manners "boot camp." "My mom worked ...
I teach a class for high school freshmen, and one recent morning, I felt something whiz past my ear. Before I could process it, a second one hit me right in the side of the head. It was a mini ...
DEAR MISS MANNERS: My two grandchildren, ages 7 and 9, are very sweet but have terrible table manners. I lived with them for 18 months during the pandemic and taught them to put their napkins in their ...
Good manners are as important as good grooming and respectful behavior. Unfortunately, in this day of confused standards, manners are sometimes, if not often, neglected.Confidence Coach Laure Redmond ...
DEAR MISS MANNERS: I am finding that whenever I go out to a social event, or even a restaurant, I am either being captured by a camera or someone has taken candid pictures without my knowledge. In the ...
DEAR MISS MANNERS: My two grandchildren, ages 7 and 9, are very sweet but have terrible table manners. I lived with them for 18 months during the pandemic and taught them to put their napkins in their ...
Please and thank you. Speaking in turn. Ladies first. Long-held traditions of civil behavior, or antiquated rules and rituals of days passed? While our generation has much to be proud of, "good ...
Rudeness was reported as the chief cause of stress in a recent poll in France. For 60 percent of the French, it is not the debt crisis or persistent double-digit unemployment that stresses them out, ...