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Help your kids be on their best behavior this Thanksgiving with my simple etiquette refresher.



While we don't expect our kids to offer to whip up the sweet potato pie or brine the bird for us, we can, and should, expect them to use their best manners at the dinner table -- and there's no better time than a holiday to help them brush up. 



Dress the Part

It's not just another weeknight dinner; Thanksgiving is one of the most special meals of…

Integrity- The quality of possessing and steadfastly adhering to high moral principles or professional standards.

Of all of the etiquette concepts, I find the topic of integrity to be the most profound and important to practice and to teach children and teens. Who are we if not our integrity? How can we expect to raise children to become members of a civilized society if we don’t hold ourselves to the highest level of integrity.

Dishonesty is a slippery slope. I am…