Elbows Off the Table Napkin in the Lap No Video Games During Dinner: The Modern Guide to Teaching Children Good Manners

Once upon a time girls stopped wearing dresses to school and put on jeans and tie-dyed T-shirts. It was the Age of Aquarius when old rules of behavior no longer seemed to apply. But now that the flower children have children of their own theyre starting to wonder what the new rules ought to be.. Manners expert Carol McD. Wallace who has two sons of her own comes to the rescue with a clear contemporary guide to what todays parents should teach their children when to teach it and how to do so with turning their homes into boot camp. Here in the kind of knowing detail only a parent could offer are step-by-step guides to: --Basic Training: The dawn of civilized behavior or how to teach 3- to 5-year-olds to behave at meals say please and thank you share and apologize.--The Age of Reason: Refining the manners of 6- to 9- year-olds at home and abroad.--The Young Sophisticate: How to bring the manners of 10- to 12- year olds to high polish and --Manners for Parents: Everything from when its okay to bring your child into work to privacy--your own and your childrens.