August 27, 2011 By Patricia Prieto Good Manners: Always in Style   The rules of social etiquette diminish violence because people live in more harmony, says one expert   Good manners affect all aspects of an individual’s life. These set the social norms for behavior among all members of a society.   Given the recent news on bad behavior and ill-treatment of students toward their teachers and classmates, one question comes to mind: Have parents forgotten to teach their children good manners and conduct?  

May 18, 2007 Etiquette Classes For Kids The City of Beverly Hills Recreation and Parks Department presents the 10th anniversary edition of its popular course in good manners – Etiquette and Social Graces – by etiquette instructor and author Maggie O’Farrill. The course is open to children aged 6-12 and will take place over two sessions. Sat. May 19 and May 26 from 10am to 1pm at Ruth’s Steak House (food will be served) at 224 S. Beverly Dr. The cost for residents is $78

At this etiquette class at Horace Mann Elementary School in Beverly Hills last week, Eric Arzoian, 10, awkwardly pushed a triangle-shaped bite of waffle into his mouth using a fork he held in his left hand. “We do it differently at home,” said Eric, who was perplexed because he is used to cutting his food, putting his knife down and taking the fork with his right hand before using it to eat. But Beverly Hills’ new etiquette master, Maggie O’Farrill, prefers children unlearn the American

Tuesday, 31 May, 2005 By Rachel Humphreys BBC News, Los Angeles The after-school activities are under way at a typical elementary school on the outskirts of San Diego. But for the first-graders of Heritage Elementary, today’s lesson doesn’t concern the vagaries of the baseball field or how to navigate the latest computer game, but how to eat soup correctly. Old-fashioned charm schools may be the thing of a by-gone era but here in California, the latest trend for pre-teens is etiquette classes. “Now, let me

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By: Heather Baer Feb. 20, 2002 Sitting In his chair with near-perfect posture, he carefully picks up the basket of bread and offers a roll to those seated on either side of him before taking one for himself. He then breaks off a small piece of bread and carefully butters it. Trying to spark some conversation, he announces to the table, “I can’t wait for the ice cream.” For second-grader Drew Von Bergen his after-school social grace and etiquette class is more than just a

by Michael Aushenker, Staff Writer 12/13/02 Rules of etiquette suggest that one must whisper in a library. But for the Jewish Community Library of Greater Los Angeles, that rule is just the beginning. The library recently held its culminating ceremony for a group of youngsters enrolled in its Children’s Etiquette and Social Grace class. This is the first time that the institution has sponsored such a class.The idea developed after the library director Abigail Yasgur and children’s director Sylvia Lowe, children’s librarian, enrolled their respective

Monday July 10, 2003   Kids learn more than just the social graces at etiquette classes. By: Katherine Tolford Seven-year-olds, Serena Beggs and Alexandra Valladares are in total agreement that the proper way to wipe their mouths at the table is to gently dab their lips with their napkins. “You don’t want to wipe in big circles or you’ll get it all over your face,” Serena says. The two are students in etiquette consultant Maggie O’Farrill’s six-hour manners class. In this final session at the

September 25, 2000 CALIFORNIAN CHILDREN ARE ABANDONING THE BEACHES IN FAVOUR OF ETIQUETTE LESSONS. By: Grace Bradberry It’s a sultry day in Manhattan Beach, a chi-chi suburb just south of Los Angeles. It’s the kind of place where even the children have full social diaries, and are ferried from one engagement to the next in gas-guzzling Sports Utility Vehicles. When the diary is empty there is always skateboarding, surfing and splashing around in backyard swimming pools. But down at the local community centre there is

By:Kendra Kozen – Courier Staff July 25, 2003 Beverly Hills children are learning to become young ladies and gentlemen this summer through a six-hour etiquette course offered by the City of Beverly Hills. One session took place this week at Ruth’s Chris Steak House on Beverly Drive. “If you learn the rules at an early age then you won’t have to correct bad habits later on. When children know what to do they feel comfortable and can be themselves,” said course instructor Maggie O’Farrill. With