365 Manners Kids Should Know: Games, Activities, and Other Fun Ways to Help Children and Teens Learn Etiquette Paperback – November 8, 2011

Love this book with short lessons. Whole family benefits from these lessons, adult as well. It is halpful tool in a self centered “ I can do whatever I want to do” society. This book helps us to become loving, caring, respectful, bright people, who makes this world a better place

I just got this book and flipped through it and read the first few chapters. 365 is a lot of manners coverage! You'll see current topics that are not included in the old yellowing pages of etiquette books from the past like "e-mail," but the old standards are there too that never change such as "addressing others properly." Check out the Table of Contents for what it covers.Why is it important to teach children manners? This should not be just another method of trying to control them. Teaching manners is a gift! How many uncomfortable situations can be avoided when we know what behavior is expected of us. Children like everyone want to fit in and be accepted.What I like best about this book is that these lessons, addressed to the parent, show respect for the child. For example: "Prompt your child in private about when to say please and thank you." (Is it not the height of rudeness to correct a child's manners in public?) "Children should not be prompted against their will to kiss people for whom they don't naturally feel affection." Let adults earn the affection of your children, while you insist on courtesy.When possible give the child a chance to act out the behavior in the lesson. This can be humorous and fun, and will make the lesson stick better. Some items can be made into a game: I'll give you a star sticker each morning that you say "Good morning" to me!

I just got this book to help my daughter (6 yo) improve her manners. I started reading it, and was amazed at how much *I* didn't know about proper manners!In my opinion, there is a lot of detail in this book that is not strictly necessary for day-to-day living. For instance, there is a detailed description of which hand to use for each utensil, and how to cut meat and then transfer it to the mouth. Perhaps my standards for etiquette are low, but I'm happy if my kids simply use their utensils instead of their hands!All of that said, this book is an outstanding resource for unusual or unexpected social situations, such as funerals, bar/bat mitzvahs, and the proper way to behave at these occasions. It's definitely a great resource book to have on hand.

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This book is a must for mother's and grandmother's! Most children today are not familiar with Emily Post (the Miss Manners of the 1940's and 50's) but this book is appropriate for todays kids. Not is it a fun activity and reminder to do with children but it much needed.

First the positive. This book has a lot of ideas about manners, teaching manners. There is enough in this book to fill up a years worth of lessons (obviously).The problems with this book is that many of the manners are broken down into tiny tiny parts and these parts are spread through out the book. For example, it might teach you how to address men (Mr.) one day and then a week later teach you how to address women who are married (Mrs.)This gives it a feeling of being disorganized because each part of a manner is broken down and it is spread through out the book, rather than being in one place.If you are considering buying this book I'd suggest this is one you want to look at and see if it provides what you want in a manner you can use.The children and I refer to this book but for the most part it sits on the shelf unusued.

I purchaced this book for my personal counseling library. A coworker and myself have been working to develop an etiquette course within 9th grade health courses.This book an excellent resource--although it is a little dated. It is also more geared towards younger students, but as with any resource, it can be beefed up for older students also. Some of the lessons within the book are not relevant to my student population such as "how to eat a scone."I will get a lot of use out of this book. I recommend it to any counselor or parent. The lessons are short and easy to implement into any school day, or home as a lesson.

I bought it for my friend. She borrowed it from the city library but lost it in a fire accident, so we need a book to replace and return back to the library. It was published in 2001 and hardly can be found in bookstore. Luckily, I happened to search it at Amazon and found that there was one available in R&R books, and placed the order. After a month transit, I now have it in hand. My friend said that it was nice book, good for not only kids, but also we adults.