Manners, Manners, Manners

We hear it all the time as we grow up. “Say the magic word”, “Don’t forget to say please and thank you”, “let the ladies go first”. From the way we walk, stand, sit, eat, talk, and just about everything else, our parents insisted we learn manners. The phrase my sisters and I heard most growing up from my mom was, “ladies, poise!”

Manners are a sign of good breeding. They are what marks us as individuals of class. Good manners never go out of fashion and it is to the benefit of every individual to have them.

So I try to raise my kids as well as my mom taught me. They get lessons on table manners as we eat together and we all get lessons constantly (myself included) on courtesy and respect. And yes, someday soon I will tell my daughters, “ladies, poise please.”