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Teaching your kids good table manners?
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Elisabeth Sherman, Parents, 29 Oct. 2025
Green learned table manners, the kind of thing often required in business settings.
—Michael Vasquez, NPR, 22 Aug. 2025
Each group’s table manners may have been a little surprising to the other, too.
—ArsTechnica, 18 July 2025
My children are constantly bucking my request of using good table manners.
—Judith Martin, The Orlando Sentinel, 10 June 2025
Her responsibilities include teaching the children table manners and educating them about their family’s history, all whilst hiding her psychopathic tendencies.
—Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 16 May 2025
Whereas animal cultures affect just a few crucial behaviors, such as courtship and feeding, human cultures cover a massive and constantly expanding set of activities, from clothing to table manners to storytelling.
—Eli Elster, The Conversation, 19 Mar. 2025
The casualness of language coexists with the casualness of clothing styles, workplace behaviors, music lyrics, television content, table manners, et cetera, which have trended in general to a more relaxed state post-World War II, especially notable in the 1960s.
—Matt Richtel, New York Times, 8 Feb. 2025
The Miracle Worker is anchored by the extraordinary scene in which Sullivan tries to teach Keller table manners.
—Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Dec. 2024
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Elisabeth Sherman, Parents, 29 Oct. 2025
Green learned table manners, the kind of thing often required in business settings.
—Michael Vasquez, NPR, 22 Aug. 2025
Each group’s table manners may have been a little surprising to the other, too.
—ArsTechnica, 18 July 2025
My children are constantly bucking my request of using good table manners.
—Judith Martin, The Orlando Sentinel, 10 June 2025
Her responsibilities include teaching the children table manners and educating them about their family’s history, all whilst hiding her psychopathic tendencies.
—Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 16 May 2025
Whereas animal cultures affect just a few crucial behaviors, such as courtship and feeding, human cultures cover a massive and constantly expanding set of activities, from clothing to table manners to storytelling.
—Eli Elster, The Conversation, 19 Mar. 2025
The casualness of language coexists with the casualness of clothing styles, workplace behaviors, music lyrics, television content, table manners, et cetera, which have trended in general to a more relaxed state post-World War II, especially notable in the 1960s.
—Matt Richtel, New York Times, 8 Feb. 2025
The Miracle Worker is anchored by the extraordinary scene in which Sullivan tries to teach Keller table manners.
—Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Dec. 2024
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“Table manners.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/table%20manners. Accessed 14 Nov. 2025.
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