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 ...

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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 ...

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?

“Catch the Etiquette Bug” with Mrs. Jill Kryston and learn table manners, social etiquette and communication skills in association with “Defining Manners: A School of Contemporary Protocol.” The class ...

Children participating in the Sinclairville Free Library’s Preschool Story Hour afternoon program recently learned about good manners and library etiquette. Story hour is offered from 1 – 2 p.m.