Modern Manners for Children | 11-17-24

Birmingham Community House | 380 S. Bates, Birmingham, MI 48009

1:00 PM EST - 3:00 PM EST

(Ages 8-15)

The Modern Manners program provides children the tools they need to navigate a complicated world with kindness, class, and confidence. This age-appropriate program takes place over an elegant three-course meal and empowers children to elevate their behaviors to make others (and themselves) more comfortable. Topics include:

• First impressions and introductions

• Greetings and handshakes

• Polite conversations and friendship

• How to speak to adults and other superiors

• Correspondence and phone manners

• How to be a great host and guest

• How to give and receive graciously

• How to be a good teammate, partner, and leader

• Dining etiquette, including handling and cutting food, place setting 101, polite table manners, how to handle tricky foods and so much more