Do you feel hideously inadequate around moms with calm, composed, well-mannered children (surely their kids don’t slap random strangers at a museum)? Not surprisingly, modeling good behavior is ...

At home or away, good table manners are important for kids to learn. Even young children can learn the basic rules of mealtime etiquette.

Dear Miss Manners: I live in what one would describe as an upper-middle-class neighborhood. My husband and I spent a great deal of money to make our backyard resemble a resort (including a six ...

"I think if we put these kids in situations they're not used to, take them out their comfort zone, they have to use their social skills. We've massive on manners here," he added.

Advice Miss Manners: Can my kids can come to your party, too? The invitation doesn’t specify. Published: Apr. 24, 2025, 8:00 a.m.

Miss Manners: A stranger at the restaurant tried to use me to teach manners to her kids I had a snappy response, but now I’m wondering if I was wrong ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I received the following from the grown children of a close friend. Is this the trend now, and is it proper? “Mom and Dad will be celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I attended a children’s birthday party at a well-known pizza place where tables are reserved for a few hours and the children can play games. My group arrived 10 minutes late ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I have a communication issue with my nieces and nephews, who are about to be college-age. They are my brother-in-law’s kids. Their grandmother (my partner’s mother) feeds ...

Miss Manners knows that your response to the event depends on whether the children were invited, but there is no reason to let the host know that.