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Giving and Receiving Gifts: Spend this last hour helping your kids learn gracious gift giving and receiving. Look [...] Greetings and Handshakes Table Conversation Talk to people on both sides of you [...] Monday – Table Manners This morning I happened to notice today’s question on Emily Post’s Etiquette Daily, the Q & A blog of the Emily Post Institute, had to do with children’s birthday parties and thought you all might be interested. You can check out the Etiquette Daily and join the discussion by visiting www.EtiquetteDaily.com. I suggest searching for [...] I love the question, “What are the manners for text messaging?” because it gives me a chance to talk about how manners evolve. We don’t just make them up here at The Emily Post Institute. What we do is consider the medium, think about what’s respectful and considerate, listen to the public, and then articulate [...] It’s exciting to announce the publication of our latest book for children eight-to-thirteen-years-old: Emily Post’s Table Manners for Kids (Collins, May 2009). I wrote it with my sister-in-law, Peggy Post, to let kids know how table manners can be important to them. All the examples will sound familiar to most children: Graduation season is here. Each graduation marks a milepost in the lives of many students. It’s a serious yet joyful event. And therein lies the conundrum: Do we show our pride in the graduate with airhorns and beach balls? Or do we show respect in somber silence? The answer lies somewhere [...] |
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