My 10-year-old son happily waved goodbye to his friends as they left his birthday party. Once they left, he tore the wrapping paper off his gifts, while I carefully made a list of which friend had ...

I realized that I've always written thank-you notes from a place of guilt. I recently decided to stop writing them, and I'm not making my kids write them, either. We express our gratitude in other ...

I grew up being told the importance of writing thank-you notes. My children began resisting the task, seeing it as tedious and unnecessary. Now, they must write thank you notes before they are able to ...