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This post originally appeared at my parenting blog The Gift of Good Manners. I will be cross posting some of my favorite content from that blog here at the Etiquette Daily. I hope you enjoy these posts as much as I enjoyed writing them. When I was traveling about the country talking to toddlers about [...]
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This post originally appeared at my parenting blog The Gift of Good Manners. I will be cross posting some of my favorite content from that blog here at the Etiquette Daily periodically. I hope you enjoy these posts as much as I enjoyed writing them. One of the most frequently asked questions we receive has [...]
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This post originally appeared at my parenting blog The Gift of Good Manners. I will be cross posting some of my favorite content from that blog here at the Etiquette Daily. I hope you enjoy these posts as much as I enjoyed writing them. Etiquette is all about building good relationships. So children need to [...]
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Q: My children are 15 and 11. Their uncle feels when the say hi that they should say Hi uncle His name. The older one occasionally does, the younger one who is generally on with few words, simply says hi. Is this poor etiquette? A: It’s thoughtful of you to want to get this right. [...]
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This post originally appeared at my parenting blog The Gift of Good Manners. I will be cross posting some of my favorite content from that blog here at the Etiquette Daily. I hope you enjoy these posts as much as I enjoyed writing them. The kids I talk to ask me if it gets boring [...]
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Q: Should the parents of the graduate, or the graduate, address college graduation announcements? Although announcements aren’t considered invitations to send a gift, in most circumstance that is what they imply. Our daughter does not want to lend the appearance of ‘tooting her own horn’ if she addresses them, but as parents, we don’t want [...]
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Q: What is appropriate attire for children at an event that specifies ‘cocktail attire’? A: It depends on their ages, but generally speaking, a girl would wear a nice dress and a boy should wear a button-down shirt, tie, dress pants and shoes.
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Q: There seems to be some debate these days as how children should address adults. Hardly anyone is teaching their children to show respect for adults by addressing them as Mr. or Mrs. Smith, etc. It seems that it is just simply by first name or possibly by Mr. John or Miss Jane. My husband [...]
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Q: While grocery shopping the other day, a woman called her child an “idiot” in front of me. He was attempting to maneuver his two younger siblings who were in a double-seated stroller. Because the brake was on, he was having a difficult time. All of the sudden, his mother yelled, ‘The brake is on [...]
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Q: How does one put on an invitation that children are not allowed to come to the party? A: It is understood that only those names appearing on the invitation/envelope are those invited to a party. If you fear some of your guests will nonetheless assume that their children are welcome, then you should be [...]
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