Mealtime in my house of 6 was getting chaotic. A simple list helped my kids with table manners.

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

Restaurant’s ‘unrealistic’ sign about children shocks, divides parents

I completely understand where the restaurant is coming from and I never intended my video to attack them personally,” the mom ...
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22 Georgia Dinner Table Rules From The 1960s That Would Stump Today’s Kids

Dinner table exits required formal permission in 1960s Georgia homes. Children sat through entire meals, regardless of boredom or completed plates, until an adult-usually the family ...
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The Old-School Dining Rules Your Grandparents Actually Lived By

If you've eaten with your grandparents, they might've had a bunch of dining etiquette rules that you had to follow. We'll ...

Miss Manners: Your ‘no kids’ wedding might seem fine to you, but there’s someone it’s hurting a lot

GENTLE READER: It is equally perplexing to Miss Manners why children would be unwelcome at a family wedding. She finds them ...

Miss Manners: Why did my cousins exclude kids from their weddings?

Dear Miss Manners: A few of my cousins have gotten married recently, and they requested that no children attend their ...

Miss Manners: Why would our relatives exclude our children from family weddings?

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

Miss Manners: I think it’s hurtful to ban children from weddings. Our pediatrician agrees.

DEAR MISS MANNERS: A few of my cousins have gotten married recently, and they requested that no children attend their ...

Miss Manners: I feel it’s weird to not include children in ‘family’ weddings

GENTLE READER: It is equally perplexing to Miss Manners why children would be unwelcome at a family wedding. She finds them ...

Miss Manners: I don’t understand why my children can’t attend weddings

In today's Miss Manners column, advice columnist Judith Martin responds to the growing practice of child-free weddings and ...

Miss Manners: Isn’t it wrong to bar children from weddings?

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

Miss Manners: My kids are being excluded from family weddings

GENTLE READER: It is equally perplexing to Miss Manners why children would be unwelcome at a family wedding. She finds them ...