Mealtime in my house was chaotic. Introducing new rules to follow each week helped my kids with table manners.

Miss USA renamed its Miss Congeniality award after Chelsi Smith and crowned a new 2025 titleholder amid recent resignation ...

During the Miss USA finals on Friday, Oct. 24, at the Grand Sierra Resort in Reno, Nev., it was announced that the Miss ...

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Remind her that you do not drink, but that you are more than happy to join her with shots of juice or anything else she has ...

I've always enjoyed children at weddings and felt that my own wedding would have been missing something if there weren’t ...

A reader struggles to understand why children are so often excluded from family weddings. Don’t they bring some charm and fun ...

Miss Manners suggests that you help this one along on the journey. Reach out to your friend to clear the air, telling her that you were appalled by your daughter’s behavior and ...

After her daughter treated one of her friends poorly, a mom feels she’s being blamed by the friend’s mom. How can she mend ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: While traveling abroad on a group tour, I invited three travel companions to share a bottle of wine with me, and they agreed. None of us were teetotalers. As the waiter poured for ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: On our neighborhood app, one of my neighbors cautioned that two young men had recently knocked on her door. She could see them on the security camera and she did not know them. She ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I’m actively involved in a local writers group. Even though I’m a bit younger than the average member, I have more training as a writer, having earned a graduate degree that has led ...