Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As parents, we all aspire to raise respectful humans who never forget to mind their manners, but instilling such propriety in your ...

Do you believe having manners will make your child vulnerable? Maybe you think children who are too nice will get bullied. If so, you might be telling your kids to “fight back” or “toughen up.” Or do ...

Saying "please" and "thank you" is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to children's etiquette ...

We all know thosechildren. The ones who say please and thank you. Who share without whining. Who ask to be excused before they leave the table. Sometimes they're our very own children, behaving in a ...

What happens when you ask a group of elementary-school kids how they would teach their children manners if they were the parents? Based on the group of kids we brought together in Atlanta, you get a ...

Short questions I’ve been asked of late (mostly by journalists) and proportionately short answers: Question: Is there a single most important thing parents should be teaching during their children’s ...

Do you believe having manners will make your child vulnerable? Maybe you think children who are too nice will get bullied. If so, you might be telling your kids to “fight back” or “toughen up.” Or do ...

Today in "Parenting Weekends" we continue a series of excerpts from “Laying Down the Law: The 25 Laws of Parenting to Keep Your Kids on Track, Out of Trouble, and (Pretty Much) Under Control,” the ...