The writer is concerned about their daughter’s manner of pushing food onto her fork with her finger and inquires about the polite use of utensils.

Some parents say that bringing back landlines is benefiting their kids. This retro technology is delaying social media use and improving communication skills.

True respect goes beyond saying thank you or sorry. It involves understanding how actions affect others. Mindfulness helps ...

Some men just don’t seem to get the hint. How do you politely say, “It’s you, personally, I am not interested in”?

DEAR MISS MANNERS: After asking my dinner guests not to bring any dishes, some still do. My question is what do do when ...

Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips.

I was on a flight recently with my family split across two rows (parenting whack-a-mole is a hazard of traveling as a family ...

It is never safe to presume which guests would decline. It is not even safe to count on any answers received this far in ...

The words that children use every day are the ones that silently construct their self-perception and the perception of the world around them. The strength of simple words like “thank you” or “I can ...

As a parent, I can't control who my daughter will meet in her life, but I can teach her what she should never accept. Here ...

The kindergarten-admissions season was a “bloodbath.” ...