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?

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

Children’s etiquette isn’t what it used to be. Case in point: One of my students nailed me in the head with a doughnut. I ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: We host my husband’s sister and her husband for dinner at least once a week. Both of them have terrible table manners. While it bugs me, I could ignore it if it weren’t for how it ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: My two grandchildren, ages 7 and 9, are very sweet but have terrible table manners. I lived with them for 18 months during the pandemic and taught them to put their napkins in their ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: We host my husband’s sister and her husband for dinner at least once a week. Both of them have terrible table manners. While it bugs me, I could ignore it if it weren’t for how it ...

Most of the time, family dinners at Lita Insalaco’s house are casual. On Thanksgiving, “we make it really special.” Insalaco’s three daughters must wear a dress or skirt. The family breaks out a ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: When we have a large family dinner, between 10 and 21 people, there is one child whose parents allow her to be on her tablet, with volume on high. She comes into the house, whizzes ...

It is difficult to learn table manners while eating on the floor in front of the TV, in the car en route to soccer practice or by the glow of a 40-watt refrigerator bulb. Yet more and more, those ...

As children get older, explain why good manners are important. People won’t generally notice those who have good manners, but they will stand out if they have bad manners. QUESTION: Is there a way I ...