QUESTION: Is there a way I could teach my child to keep his elbows off the table? Also, how do I help them learn to use napkins and to wait until everyone has been served before beginning to eat?

Children’s etiquette isn’t what it used to be. Case in point: One of my students nailed me in the head with a doughnut. I teach a class for high school freshmen, and one recent morning, I felt ...

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 key to ...

Earlier this year, mealtime at my house was feeling out of control. My kids were talking with their mouths open and complaining about each others poor manners. We introduced new rules gradually to ...

“Do not. I said do not put peas in your nose.” “Cranberry jelly is not finger food.” If you would like to spend this Thanksgiving not reminding your kid that mashed potatoes go in his mouth instead of ...

Nearly everywhere one looks these days, incivility seems to be on the rise. Fights on social media, bullying in the classroom, physical attacks against airport employees, commuters wild with road rage ...

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 ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: Ten years ago, I was a working single mom to a loving, but rather difficult, 5-year-old boy. Not having enough bandwidth for everything, I decided to pick my battles in raising him.

WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) – Fifth graders at Adams Elementary Ladies and Gents Club learned about proper etiquette on Wednesday. Churchgoers at Saint Mark Cathedral Church of God and Christ taught them ...