When you think about manners, do you imagine a thick book filled with old-fashioned rules governing what some consider good behavior? Or small acts of good conduct performed to impress people? Sheryl ...

Kids who don't learn good manners aren't just at risk of being rude, they may also suffer socially and professionally as adults. Teaching manners is a form of empathy training, and that's good for ...

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 ...

In the grand scheme of things, the lack of a “please” isn’t one of the world’s biggest problems, and kindness is more important than an automatic “thank you”. But when I’ve stood up from the table ...

Manners are simply just the way we do things. They have become pretty well accepted as the way to behave. Another way to conceptualize manners is to think of them as ways to be considerate of others.

DEAR MISS MANNERS: Just after Thanksgiving each year, my young nieces send out a letter to the extended family that contains their “Letter to Santa,” outlining the things they would like as gifts.