The Gift of Good Manners

“In an increasingly multi-cultural society, it is respectful to know what people of different religions are celebrating during holidays and whether there is a traditional holiday greeting (Saying to a workmate, ‘Hope you have a blast on your day off!’ is hardly appropriate for either Good Friday or Yom Kippur, both days of serious reflection).” [...]

It’s August in New England and that means one very important thing: Corn on the Cob! It’s a favorite menu item in the summer. However, corn on the cob shows up in the Those Trickier Situations chapter in our TABLE MANNERS FOR KIDS book for a reason. How do you eat corn on the cob [...]

Sometimes when I tell people what I do, they sort of laugh and say, “Manners? Does anybody really pay attention to manners anymore?” What I have found is that many, many people do pay attention. However, there are definite challenges that come along with promoting etiquette/manners in the today’s world. I’ve [...]

Beautiful beaches, oil rigs on fire, docks and marinas, oil soaked pelicans. Images from the Gulf Coast of the BP oil spill cross the television screen daily. How is this affecting your kids? If you think they’re unaware about what’s happening, think again. Our children learn about current events from their friends, from time spent [...]

We are so pleased to invite you to visit the new version of our main web site.  www.EmilyPost.com has been completely redesigned. It now includes a new feature we are very proud of called Etipedia®. The Etipedia® is a search-able etiquette encyclopedia. Our Etiquette Daily  questions and answer blog can also be accessed from the [...]

Not many people think of line manners as etiquette. But, think about it. How often do we stand in line? School, fast food restaurants, movie theaters, the bank, the grocery store, getting on the bus, buying tickets – just about everywhere! I have always pointed out to kids how often they stand in line at [...]

It’s Prom time again. The talk is always about the gowns – color, style, borrowed, new. If you’re a girl it’s all about what you’re going to wear. How about the guys? They also take care in figuring out what they will wear.  Going with my sons to rent their tuxedos for the prom was [...]

I wanted you all to know that after a battle with cancer my lovely mom, Elizabeth Post, passed away on April 24. She was surrounded by my dad, my husband and me, and my 3 brothers and their wives. It was a quiet, peaceful time for us all together. She was the best mom [...]

We are so psyched! It’s time for another Train the Trainers and this time we’re going to the Monteleone in New Orleans. My brother Peter will be conducting a Train the Trainer – Business Etiquette and I will be leading a Train the Trainer for a group of people interested in teaching etiquette to children [...]

Sometimes when I tell people what I do, they sort of laugh and say, “Manners? Does anybody really pay attention to manners anymore?” What I have found is that many, many people do pay attention. However, there are definite challenges that come along with promoting etiquette/manners in the today’s world. I’ve actually identified five. Number [...]