34 Little Life Skills Everyone Needs to Be a Grown-Up
But learning how to graciously but firmly say “no”—without padding it with excuses or white lies—is a critical life skill. If ...
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THE MANNERS OF CHILDREN.
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Miss Manners: What’s the proper way to eat cherries that have pits?
and then to transfer it to the edge of your plate when no one is looking. (Please send your questions to Miss Manners at her website, www.missmanners.com; to her email, [email protected] ...
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Miss Manners: Don’t overthink it — call friends and share your good news
Miss Manners suggests a compromise, but only for your more intimate friends: Ask one or two of them to keep you company while ...
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‘We no longer study.’ Gaza’s children lose out on school, as Israel’s war disrupts a year of education
“We have war, no schools… Yet the children are eager to learn,” Al Ghoul told CNN. She decided to set up a rudimentary classroom in the same tent in which she’s living, just to give some ...
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Miss Manners: My laundry was returned to me with panties that weren’t mine
DEAR MISS MANNERS: I live near a university ... How do I tell my grumpy and unpleasant cousin I no longer want to vacation with her? Dear Annie: My kids and I moved in with my parents and my ...
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Miss Manners: How to politely decline supporting a friend’s nonprofit organization
DEAR MISS MANNERS: I have a good friend who is the polar opposite of me on politics, religion and almost every other subject. We are cognizant of these differences, and refrain from debate or ...
The Washington Post6d
Miss Manners: Laundry service gave me underwear that isn’t mine
Dear Miss Manners: I live near a university ... and could represent a bit of an investment on a student budget. I'm no prude, and celebrate whatever sexuality may be expressed by this particular ...
Orlando Sentinel6d
Miss Manners: This lingerie is not mine. How should I return it?
DEAR MISS MANNERS: I live near a university ... and could represent a bit of an investment on a student budget. I’m no prude, and celebrate whatever sexuality may be expressed by this particular ...
East Bay Times4d
Miss Manners: Is it wrong that my friend group always goes dutch?
DEAR MISS MANNERS: I have a number of friends I regularly meet for meals out, as well as for friends’ birthdays. We’ve been friends for going on 40 years and first began socializing after ...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation2d
Co-sleeping with older children is more common than you think, but even parents who do it worry it's not OK
"It really ignites a lot of judgement, and a lot of people think it's either creepy or wrong or [that it] creates these co-dependent, sulky children." But she says there's no evidence to show that ...