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LETITIA BALDRIGES MORE THAN MANNERS : Raising Today's Kids to Have Kind Manners and Good Hearts
 
 
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LETITIA BALDRIGES MORE THAN MANNERS : Raising Today's Kids to Have Kind Manners and Good Hearts [Hardcover]

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March 18, 1997
American families are sick of rudeness, aggression, and unruly behavior. They are searching for ways to cool down society -- and bring up kids who win at life by peaceful, compassionate, and rational means, rather than the opposite. This is the book that casts out a new lifeline to them and speaks positively to their deepest needs and yearnings.

Explaining that kindness is the heart and core of civility and manners in any society, Letitia Baldrige, America's number one best-selling authority on manners, has finally written the book that millions have been waiting for: a road map to raising and guiding kids who succeed in life through decency and honor.

"It all starts in the home," says Baldrige, as she shows parents and other concerned adults how to teach kids to:

Gain respect and become leaders -- at home, at school, and in the larger world -- without becoming wimps or bullies.

Defuse explosive situations with words and actions that turn hostility into harmony.

Use conciliation instead of confrontation with peers, authority figures, and others.

Be courteous and compassionate with family and friends and out in public while still standing up for themselves.

Learn behaviors that will make them liked and respected and will make the world around them a better place as they grow up. And much more...

Baldrige accomplishes this using real-life examples of encounters between adults and young people and the day-to-day interactions between young peers -- at home, at school, and out in the world -- plus the compelling and often personal true stories and anecdotes that have made her other books so warm and conversational and loved by millions.

In his longtime best-selling Book of Virtues, William Bennett showed us the values we should strive for to get life back on track again. In her book, Letitia Baldrige shows us how to apply those principles in everyday life, twenty-four hours a day -- and get results!



Editorial Reviews

From Library Journal

Manners matter, but they're not enough, insists the queen of etiquette. By teaching children to be kind toward others, we can counteract the destructiveness and apathy that are sweeping our country.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From Booklist

With her customary panache and good manners, Baldrige has produced a work invaluable "for anyone who loves a child." Her book is based on three premises: kindness makes a child safer and happier; kindness and civility are synonymous; kindness is taught by example. Consequently, the child who learns kindness will develop self-respect and self-confidence and have many friends. Practicing what she preaches, Baldrige politely instructs parents that courtesy begins at home, as she provides ways to set an example, develop a child's character and conscience, and deal with siblings. As the child goes out into the world, parents learn how to teach proper conduct at school, restaurants, churches, and parties; how to communicate by telephone, letters, and e-mail; and how to act at weddings, holiday gatherings, and even funerals. A final section shows how to contend with the intricacies of New Age family life, including divorce, remarriage, and stepfamilies. Baldrige has covered every conceivable social situation and potential faux pas from the proverbial soup to nuts. Patricia Hassler

Product Details

  • Hardcover: 288 pages
  • Publisher: Scribner (March 18, 1997)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0684818752
  • ISBN-13: 978-0684818757
  • Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 5.8 x 1.2 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,481,272 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Letitia Baldrige's books on manners have sold over two million copies; her previous guide to executive manners sold over half a million copies worldwide and has had sixteen printings. This is her thirteenth book. In her diplomatic career she served in the American embassies in Paris and Rome; in the White House she was Jacqueline Kennedy's chief of staff. She has served as a marketing consultant to many major international corporations and holds three corporate directorships. She produces management training seminars on business behavior for major American companies and professional institutions and writes a weekly syndicated newspaper column and a monthly national magazine column. She is a regular on major network TV programs. Letitia Baldrige and her family live in Washington, D.C.

 

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5.0 out of 5 stars A Must have for parents., August 16, 1999
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This review is from: LETITIA BALDRIGES MORE THAN MANNERS : Raising Today's Kids to Have Kind Manners and Good Hearts (Hardcover)
This is a great resource for parents trying to rear well rounded, thoughtful children. This is one all parents need to have on the resource shelf of the home library, and it needs to be re-read every couple of years. Ms. Baldrige writes in short sections and gets the point across in a few paragraphs. It certainly gives the mind food for chewing. Thanks Ms. Baldrige for reminding us what really matters.
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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Parents Must Be Involved!, February 5, 2000
This review is from: LETITIA BALDRIGES MORE THAN MANNERS : Raising Today's Kids to Have Kind Manners and Good Hearts (Hardcover)
Excellent book. The best part of the book is her emphasis on parental involvement and "monkey see, monkey do". For instance, adults don't realize it but they often engage in "bad-mouthing" others (even others' children!) in front of their own children. Of course children hear this and believe another child or adult is "bad", but worse yet, begin to bad-mouth others as a way to act "more adult" and gain power in situations with their peers. It's a problem we as society have in general and the book brings up these and other rarely-thought-of topics. Highly recommended.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Letitia Baldriges More than Manners. Raising today's kids to have good manners and good heart., February 27, 2010
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I feel this book is very up to date in its approach to good manners. Yet the tried and true manners from
the past are revealed. Children will be empowered to know how to do the right thing and be good people.
Ms. Baldridges is the past social secretary of J. Kennedy
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