The Bottom Line
This book is a useful primer for parents to guage their expectations for children's manners at each stage of development.
Pros
- Comprehensive guide to manners for children.
- Covers all ages from babyhood to young adult.
- A good refresher on manners for adults.
Cons
- Would have benefited from more Q&A sections.
Description
- A 400 page guide to teaching proper manners to children.
- Can be considered a parenting advice book that focuses on social development.
- A broad range of topics ranging from table manners, to party behavior, to social correspondence.
- Authored by Peggy Post and Cindy Post Senning, heirs to the Emily Post etiquette legacy.
Guide Review - The Gift of Good Manners
Part parenting advice book, part etiquette guide, this book does a good job of reminding adults about the basics of good manners for both themselves and their kids. After all, the issue isn't whether an infant has good manners, but whether the parent is considerate of others when taking the infant in public places. And as the Posts argue, if children are given good examples of manners from infancy, they will grow to be considerate, polite adults. So although this book is presented as a guide to manners for children, in reality it is a refresher course for the parents.
