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 ...

It's a debate that rages on between parents and children. — -- (Editor's Note: This article first appeared on Babble.com. It has been reprinted here with permission. Disney is the parent company ...

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?

My column of Oct. 16 contained a complaint from Linda Rabben about rowdy teenage behavior on Metrorail. Ms. Rabben suggested that teachers instruct students how to behave on public transportation. She ...

OKLAHOMA CITY -- Sometimes we wonder if anybody out there is still teaching manners to their kids and it now the practice is literally going to the dogs. Most people were taught manners and etiquette ...

How do you know when to use a dessert, dinner or salad fork? What about a cocktail fork, soup spoon and butter knife? Area parents say it's not difficult teaching children manners but requires ...

I recently attended a little boy"s birthday party. Since I'm the mother of three daughters, finding the perfect gift was a bit challenging. But I did my best, steering clear of anything pink and ...

This is music made for a cruise ship ballroom -- Lawrence Welk stuff that stopped being cool 50 years ago. It wheezes through the Annapolis High School cafeteria, where a slew of scrawny sixth-graders ...