The Etiquette Factory Blog

We are becoming an excessive society.   What do I mean?   I mean...”When will it be enough?”   I think back to my grandparents who lived a...

If we’re not careful, we are going to raise a generation who do not understand respect for sacred things.  Recently, I was at a Memorial...

Obeying First Request How do we teach our children to obey our first request and why is this important?  Many parents struggle with ...

What is the etiquette rule regarding how children should address adults?  Children should address adults by their LAST name with an approp...

This month, I would like to speak about a topic that I am rather sensitive about as I see our society getting farther and farther away f...

Oh if we could just be patient.   Rush, rush, rush...that’s what we’re doing these days.   Rushing to school, rushing to work, rushing to ...

Parents, we must stop speaking to our children behind clinched teeth, with angry eyes and cuttingly sharp voices.    I have seen time an...