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?

Maybe you're having guests over for Thanksgiving. Maybe you're going out. Or maybe you're just planning a quiet dinner at home with the family. Whatever your plans are, Bernadette Champion says, it is ...

“Mabel, Mabel, sweet and able, get your elbows off the table!” The nursery rhyme may be outdated, but the elbows-on-the-table etiquette rule that it preaches has endured—and for good reason.

QUESTION: We went out to dinner a couple of months ago, and it was the first time since we ventured out to a nice restaurant since the pandemic started. We were a little nervous, but we were amazed ...

Some might say etiquette has become a lost art, but one local woman is making it her mission to restore it, one student at a time. Beyond just learning how to properly use a fork and knife, Mrs.