I teach a class for high school freshmen, and one recent morning, I felt something whiz past my ear. Before I could process it, a second one hit me right in the side of the head. It was a mini ...

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Do you feel hideously inadequate around moms with calm, composed, well-mannered children (surely their kids don’t slap random strangers at a museum)? Not surprisingly, modeling good behavior is key to ...

The 5- and 6-year-olds began their recent morning at the iconic French Quarter restaurant with a visit to the turtles in a courtyard pool, where they were greeted by General Manager Christian ...

FAYETTEVILLE -- Two by two, the little gentlemen and the little ladies pair up on the dance floor of the Highland Country Club ballroom. The boys in their blazers, neckties and khaki slacks lead the ...

Lani Brockman, artistic director of Studio East in Kirkland, knows. It was her idea to take a classic fairy tale and turn it into a sort of sibling rivalry between a pampered baby bear and a little ...

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 ...

MY SKILLS TO THE TEST. AFTER YEARS OF WHAT SOME WOULD CALL LACKLUSTER HUMAN INTERACTION, HAVE WE FORGOTTEN OUR OWN GOLDEN RULES? YES. COVID DIDN’T HELP. AND, YOU KNOW, NOW THAT THINGS ARE BACK TO ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: Is there a polite way to deal with those relatives who constantly tease you, make fun of you and remind you of the stupid, mean things you did when you were young? Naturally enough, ...

It’s fall, which means that the new academic year has started. It also means that my husband, a 37-year-old college professor, has started to shake a fist at his inbox. Why? Because, as surely as ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: My husband and I do not speak the same native language. As he is very close to his large family, he spends a lot of time talking on the phone to them in his language. As our ...