In today's Miss Manners column, advice columnist Judith Martin responds to navigating the etiquette of children's birthday parties as a non-parent.

One woman on TikTok says parents need to stop using it as a way to excuse bad behavior. “We can tell if you gentle parent your kids,” she proclaims. Tori says that the signs are all there. They scream ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: A friend sent me an invitation to her child’s 7th birthday party; however, it came with a handwritten ...

What it was, the Head of the time insisted, was advice that “may have appeared sexist.” Italics my own. I appreciate a leap ...

Dear Carolyn: My little boys, 6 and 3, love playing with two neighbor boys from two different families, ages 8 and 9. These ...

is there a nonconfrontational way we can ask to use the equipment while they finish their conversation in another spot?

One of them told my mother that her spiritual adviser said that turning down an invitation was insulting and hurtful and ...

GENTLE READER: Yes. If you call it a housewarming, you will seem to be expecting your guests to admire your expensive home, ...

When children fall short, many parents’ instinct is to take away something they love. That’s the wrong impulse.

In the videos, parents prompt their kids with the first part of stern classics like “Children are to be… ” (seen and not ...

What do you do when a friend brings their rude adult child to your group—and when your brother drains your aging mother?

Both of us have spouses and young adult children. The two of us would like to build a similar ... is best” puts you in a ...