etiquette

Career and Time Management

Ms. Manners: A guide to modern email etiquette

We rely on email to make business more efficient, but some things people do just add to the burden. Which of these business email...

Etiquette Rules

How to be a great dinner guest

There’s so much information out there on having dinner parties and being a great host, but what about proper guest etiquette? Let’s...

Parenting Tips & Advice

When Mommy has a potty mouth

You know that swearing isn't a great quality, obviously. And you definitely don’t want your child dropping f-bombs. But what if it’s...

Food & Recipes

Top 10 restaurant dos and don'ts

Even though they are working and you're not, it doesn't mean anything goes when it comes to restaurant staff. Etiquette and manners...

Television

Real Housewives' Lisa Vanderpump gives a lesson in etiquette

Lisa Vanderpump’s manners are always exemplary, so we turned to her for a modern day take on dinner party protocol. See how her...

Parenting How-to

How to teach better manners

Good manners are essential social skills your kids will use now and for the rest of their lives. Children who grow up without proper...

Parenting Advice & Columns

10 Mealtime etiquette tips

Ever notice the utter absence of manners these days? Evenings gathered around the dinner table are slowly being eliminated in many...

Technology

Tech etiquette dos and don'ts

With technology comes rules, meaning you can’t just do whatever you want where your gadgets are concerned. Whether you’re attached...

Living

Handwritten thank-you notes

When was the last time you received a hand written thank-you note in the mail? It's been a while, hasn't it? And most likely, it was...

Kids' Parties

A guest's guide to baptisms and christenings

Being invited to a sacred event such as a baptism or christening is an honor, but if you’ve never attended one or practice a...

Parenting Humor

What's my name again? What should kids call you

If a rose by any other name would smell as sweet, would an authority figure who goes by their first name be just as authoritative?...

Parenting Advice & Columns

Helping your young child manage embarrassing mistakes

Your little darling is at the playground and accidentally whaps a playmate in the head with a shoe. The playmate is crying, the moms...

Parenting Advice & Columns

7 Signs that your child needs an etiquette intervention

Every child learns proper etiquette at their own pace, just as every parent teaches manners as they see fit. If you haven't tackled...

School Age Kids

6 positive ways to teach your child manners

Do your child’s manners leave a little something to be desired? From saying “please” and “thank you” to greeting guests when they...

Technology

Creating common courtesy on the internet

Etiquette has changed over the years, and recently, breaches of protocol have been occurring online more and more, as various...

Etiquette Rules

Hostess etiquette: The new rules

As a party hostess, your duties are many -- host the party, plan the party, prepare for the party, decorate for the party, cook for...

Etiquette Rules

10 Etiquette rules for entertaining

In addition to planning the menu and theme for the night, a great hostess also follows these 10 etiquette rules to throw a fabulous...

Career and Time Management

Business Lunch Etiquette

Etiquette at a business lunch can make or break the deal…or job. Do you know the rules of a successful business lunch? Here are...

Giving Thanks & Holiday Tips

Thanksgiving etiquette to teach your kids

Thanksgiving is a wonderful celebration of family, friends, freedom and food. No matter what your traditions, some part of your...

Etiquette Rules

Modern Manners 101: Expert etiquette advice for today's tricky situations

Smooth (and expert-approved) ways to handle today's tricky etiquette situations

Etiquette Rules

Etiquette in the age of evites

By now, we all probably know the basics of good etiquette while at a restaurant (napkin in your lap, elbows off the table), eating...