Kids naturally develop social skills in the preschool years. So, it’s a perfect time to teach and reinforce social lessons. The books below serve as modern-day primers on courtesy, graciousness and ...

No nose-picking! A new British Library site surfaces some treasures online, include the Lytille Childrenes Lytil Boke, which tells kids what not to do in polite company. Leslie Katz led a team that ...

A 15th-century book on manners, newly digitized by The British Library, is filled with rules that wouldn't be out of place in a first-grade classroom today: Don't spit at the table, don't burp, and ...

When did you last tell your children to put their hand over their mouth when they yawn? When did you last suggest that when they are introduced to someone they should shake hands firmly and look them ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Charleston knows a few things about good manners. It’s not for nothing that etiquette guru ...

When the Bodes gather with their grandchildren to eat a meal, a photo gallery of ancestors keeps watch from the wall. Their descendants’ table manners, at times, may not have been stellar. To improve ...

The British Library has digitised a 500-year-old etiquette guide which contains some very good advice for modern Britons (Image: The British Library Board) Do you fear Britain has lost its way and ...