The one thing you should never say to trick-or-treaters this Halloween
How to greet trick-or-treaters, how to handle food allergies, kids with autism, kids who are just shy and more challenges.
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Miss Manners: Do we have to reciprocate a dinner with people we don’t like?
GENTLE READER: Your confidence that you are not required to reciprocate in your apartment, though technically correct, ...
Smoky Mountain News1d
Teaching manners and other life skills
I had the opportunity to speak by phone with writer and podcaster Jennifer L. Scott. The author of the Madame Chic books — ...
NJ.com2d
Miss Manners: Must I donate to my friend’s charity?
DEAR MISS MANNERS: I have a good friend who is the polar opposite of me on politics, religion and almost every other subject. We are cognizant of these differences, and refrain from debate or ...
The New York Times1d
Book Review
Katherine Rundell said children can handle hefty themes, but finds it “bad manners to offer a child a story and give them just a moral.” In more than a dozen books and several hundred articles ...
NJ.com3d
Miss Manners: What’s the proper way to eat cherries that have pits?
DEAR MISS MANNERS: What is the proper way to eat cherries with pits? Cutting them up to remove the pits seems excessive, but just spitting out the pits into a napkin doesn’t seem proper ...
Oregonian3d
Miss Manners: How do I tell my friend I won’t donate to the nonprofit she’s started?
DEAR MISS MANNERS: I have a good friend who is the polar opposite of me on politics, religion and almost every other subject. We are cognizant of these differences, and refrain from debate or ...
The Washington Post3d
Miss Manners: Do I have to donate to my friend’s charity?
Dear Miss Manners: I have a good friend who is the polar opposite of me on politics, religion and almost every other subject. We are cognizant of these differences, and refrain from debate or ...
syracuse.com2d
Miss Manners: How to politely decline supporting a friend’s nonprofit organization
DEAR MISS MANNERS: I have a good friend who is the polar opposite of me on politics, religion and almost every other subject. We are cognizant of these differences, and refrain from debate or ...
Cleveland.com6d
Miss Manners: Wrap it up, the party’s over
DEAR MISS MANNERS: My husband and I love to throw dinner parties, but often our guests stay late into the evening. My husband loves to continue to entertain guests after dessert, but I am more of ...
The Washington Post4d
Miss Manners: Is our friend group’s birthday tradition okay?
Dear Miss Manners: I have a number of friends I regularly meet for meals out, as well as for friends’ birthdays. We’ve been friends for going on 40 years and first began socializing after ...
East Bay Times3d
Miss Manners: My friend started a charity, and I’m dreading this conversation
DEAR MISS MANNERS: I have a good friend who is the polar opposite of me on politics, religion and almost every other subject. We are cognizant of these differences, and refrain from debate or ...