... services every week, there is one thing that many people feel is in decline, which is manners. There may be various reasons for this, such as the distractions of technology, like cell phones and Blackberries, and the increasingly ... customs of the church being attended, much of church etiquette is based on good manners and common sense. Be on Time Being late to a church service can be disruptive to ...

Spurred by this post at Irish Calvinist. Gratitude is not "good manners." Teaching kids their "pleaseandthankyou" is worthwhile depravity suppression, and makes for more pleasant conversation, but it is not the same as giving them grateful hearts. We are selfish, greedy sinners, all of us. Gratitude is an affection of a man who knows he is undeserving, not of the entitled. ...

... ;ve been diligent about teaching the kids to say “please” and “thank you.”  Daycare is pretty strict about that, too.  As a result, the kids are developing great little manners and say “thank you” every time someone hands them something. And we’ve been working harder on “you’re welcome” now that they’ve got the “please” ...

... and ruined us and still hold our beating hearts in your hand. Manners demand a considered and reasoned reaction to your intended madness ... to choke the living shit out of you with my bare hands. Manners forces my mouth when my fingers want to dig into the softness of ... your neck and rip out your spine by tearing off your head. Manners forces a handshake when my hands wants to murder your entire family ...

... appropriate to eat with your fingers. LOL! Then we just ate dinner and talked about manners. The basics - napkin in lap, chew with your mouth closed, don't talk ... with my elbows on the table. Woops! Another activity to try is to learn about mealtime and manners from different cultures. We did this when studying several countries, so we're not doing it now. Happy Helper Shayla had to pick ...

... believe we have taught my son to behave well in public and to consider the feelings of others, but his manners at home are sometimes appalling. He has the questionable gift of being able to adhere to all of ... loud music, and thumps on the stairs with impunity. For now, I am trying to be satisfied with the fact that his manners in the Great World are decent (aside from a baffling inability to move a ...