Teaching Kids Table Manners

Here are a few ideas and important kids table manners that are good to instill in our children for proper etiquette training.

• Sit upright with good posture.
• Keep chair legs on the floor.
• Place your napkin on your lap and make sure to use it.
• Wait until everyone has been served before eating.
• Pass condiments, salt and pepper around the table as opposed to across it.
• Ask someone to pass you an item instead of reaching over them.
• Remember to say “Thank you” when something is passed to you.
• Say “No thank you” politely if you are offered something you don’t like.
• Do not take huge portions.
• Don’t stuff food into your mouth.
• Don’t talk with food in your mouth.
• Keep you arms and elbows off the table. You may rest the on the table after the meal is over and dishes have been removed.
• Don’t pick your teeth at the table.  If there is food stuck between your teeth, discreetly remove it.
• Ask to be excused before leaving the table.