How to Raise a Child With Good Manners in 2016

While it's no surprise that family dinners are important for a well-balanced child, they are also a prime place to model good manners and demonstrate mature etiquette. “Sit down as a family often,” Lisa Taylor Richey, president of the American Academy of Etiquette advises. “This is where your child not only learns table manners, but conversation skills — as well as your values.”