It's a debate that rages on between parents and children. — -- (Editor's Note: This article first appeared on Babble.com. It has been reprinted here with permission. Disney is the parent company ...

Nearly everywhere one looks these days, incivility seems to be on the rise. Fights on social media, bullying in the classroom, physical attacks against airport employees, commuters wild with road rage ...

QUESTION: Is there a way I could teach my child to keep his elbows off the table? Also, how do I help them learn to use napkins and to wait until everyone has been served before beginning to eat?

In the grand scheme of things, the lack of a “please” isn’t one of the world’s biggest problems, and kindness is more important than an automatic “thank you”. But when I’ve stood up from the table ...

Nowadays, it seems like parents don't want to teach their kids good manners anymore. When you go to a restaurant, it's not uncommon to see a child on their iPad or disrespecting their parents. As they ...

But it didn't take long for the seventh-graders to begin telling personal stories of people they knew, neighbors and grandparents passing away. "My mom would go to my grandmother's house every day to ...

OKLAHOMA CITY -- Sometimes we wonder if anybody out there is still teaching manners to their kids and it now the practice is literally going to the dogs. Most people were taught manners and etiquette ...

My column of Oct. 16 contained a complaint from Linda Rabben about rowdy teenage behavior on Metrorail. Ms. Rabben suggested that teachers instruct students how to behave on public transportation. She ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: My daughter is a talented chef. She has a job cooking for a family of four. They appreciate her food, are not too terribly picky, and pay better than her former thankless jobs in ...

GENTLE READER: And a nice lesson that is for the children -- not in salesmanship, but in the use of power to intimidate. Miss ...