by Elisha Galotti | Jan 15, 2025 | journal
During my first year teaching kindergarten, a parent expressed concern over our school’s practice of prompting children to make eye contact during lessons and interactions. She expressed her concern this way: “Children should never be told to look at someone. Instead...
by Brenden Bott | Dec 17, 2024 | journal
“Nothing in the world will be a surer help to you than proper manners.” 1Daniel of Beccles, “The Book of the Civilised Man: An English Translation of the Urbanus Magnus of Daniel of Beccles,” quoted in Chivalry and Courtesy: Medieval Manners for a Modern World,...