Resting your elbows on the table was considered incredibly rude and sloppy in 1960s South Carolina homes. Kids learned early ...

From keeping elbows off the table to formal napkin use, these California dinner traditions would shock modern children.

I’d like to ask the teacher if I can move to the fun table but I do not want Oliver to feel like I want to avoid him or don’t ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: We host my husband’s sister and her husband for dinner at least once a week. Both of them have terrible table manners. While it bugs me, I could ignore it if it weren’t for how it ...

DETROIT – Learning from home has been a new and sometimes challenging experience for many families through this pandemic. As the school year wraps up, there’s a different kind of lesson you can pass ...

Ask etiquette expert Treva Mayo the proper way to shake hands, and she gives you a firm answer: Fingers together. Thumbs up. Two pumps from the elbow. No more. Manners may have evolved from the Golden ...

FROM ANDREWS MCMEEL SYNDICATIONFOR RELEASE: FRIDAY, DECEMBER 27, 2019MISS MANNERS by Judith Martin, Nicholas Ivor Martin and Jacobina MartinWHY DO I HAVE TO EAT AT THE KIDS’ TABLE? DEAR MISS MANNERS: ...

I feel like I am biting my tongue when they come to visit because they have seemed to forget the things we taught them years ...

If you have youngish children at this season, you have my sympathy. When I did, my kids were never so horrid as they were in the month of December. The good news for you is that Lizzie Post is here to ...

I am the stepmother to two great young men. Their father and I have been together since they were teenagers. When they were ...

In today's Miss Manners column, advice columnist Judith Martin responds to the growing practice of child-free weddings and ...