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The Gift of Good Manners

• So Many Adults
  This is it – the first week of school.  Large schools, small schools, public schools, private schools – they all conjure up a similar image: rows of desks or groups of students seated at tables and a teacher standing near them, greeting them, introducing them to their new year. The scene may be slightly different […]
• A Greeting for Ramadan
  “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).” […]
• Corn on the Cob
  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 […]