For educators, lunchtime can be one of the trickiest hours of the day to manage. Between the feeding frenzy and joy of not being in the classroom for a few moments, students have a tendency to get ...

“Do not. I said do not put peas in your nose.” “Cranberry jelly is not finger food.” If you would like to spend this Thanksgiving not reminding your kid that mashed potatoes go in his mouth instead of ...

This morning I witnessed one of my children (not saying who, but she’s the only daughter I have) wipe her hands free of cream cheese by dragging them up and down the cloth placemat. She may have even ...

It's usually parents who teach their children how to do new stuff but what happens when the tables turn and it's the child teaching mum or dad how to do something new? That's apparently what this new ...

QUESTION: Is there a way I could teach my child to keep his elbows off the table? Also, how do I help them learn to use napkins and to wait until everyone has been served before beginning to eat?

This is regarding the May 5 Generation Z(eal) column “Young Americans are bad at math and it’s a growing problem.” In 1999, my wife and I were at our fifth grade child’s parent-teacher conference at a ...

All children can behave like little turkeys once in a while, but when the family is sitting around the Thanksgiving table, the only turkey should be the main course! Find out which table manners you ...