Knowing how to behave at meals isn't just about proper etiquette. Turns out, your table manners send coded messages about you ...

At home or away, good table manners are important for kids to learn ... asking for permission to be excused if they have ...

I had the opportunity to speak by phone with writer and podcaster Jennifer L. Scott. The author of the Madame Chic books — ...

We did not interrupt the adult conversations, in fact, we would not have dared. Mind you, we kids could get up to a fair bit ...

While the letter writer's grandparents expected you to lick your plate clean, that doesn't mean it was mannerly.

At first, Hamlet and the planets seem far removed from table manners ... that included a study of table manners. De Civilitate morum puerilium (A Handbook on Good Manners for Children) rapidly ...

But good table manners involve a lot more than that. According to the workshop instructor, people should be happy and comfortable when they are dining with you. It sounds easy but it is not.

Eight feet may be near for a young adult who sees that the person ... If you want to release them from their good intentions, Miss Manners has no objection to a loud, “Thanks.

Further, they include table manners in this nasty sport. Lamentation over “which fork to use” is still cited as a trap, although it has been more than a century since highly specialized ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I am disabled, and I use a walker to get around. While I am somewhat used to small children asking questions about my walker, I am surprised, and even shocked, when adults do.

Further, they include table manners in this nasty sport. Lamentation over “which fork to use” is still cited as a trap, although it has been more than a century since highly specialized ...