You’re probably thinking you’ve got good manners down pat; after all, you never forget to say ‘please’ or ‘thank you’. But it’s important to consider what having good manners actually means, ...

There’s no such thing as a “perfect parent,” but there are incredibly important ways for parents to show up for their kids — teaching them empathy, compassion, trust, respect, and honesty in ways that ...

Most parents try to teach their children good manners. Sometimes, though, that task can be a bit exhausting. Parents do get tired of correcting, monitoring and forever having their antennae up to ...

FAYETTEVILLE -- Two by two, the little gentlemen and the little ladies pair up on the dance floor of the Highland Country Club ballroom. The boys in their blazers, neckties and khaki slacks lead the ...

Now that they are grown men, I am running into a similar, uncomfortable position with them and their significant others. I ...

If the email addresses of Amanda McCraw’s eighth-graders didn’t contain some portion of their names, she would have no clue who the senders were. “There’s no subject line, no signature. It’s just, ...

Today is the second day of The Northern Trust tournament at Liberty National Golf Course in Jersey City, and the PGA Tour is hoping kids in attendance can learn some life lessons. The tournament gives ...

The toughest problem of Kevin Hatamiya’s brief elementary school career doesn’t involve arithmetic. It’s his hair-trigger emotions. Whenever life throws the 7-year-old second-grader a setback, his ...

Millennials came of age in a transitional time, straddling a line between the analog and digital world. Their parents were fairly protective, and emphasized academic achievement and striving for ...