tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-592994284096434432.post1991989001481824622..comments2024-02-11T11:30:09.490+00:00Comments on pfgpowell: Modern dilemmas: an occasional series.pfg powellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17407148810847119242noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-592994284096434432.post-59292092938359557882009-11-01T19:45:12.924+00:002009-11-01T19:45:12.924+00:00I appreciate the dilemma and recognise the angst y...I appreciate the dilemma and recognise the angst you are feeling. Too right it’s age old. Terence, the Roman playwright, was writing pretty much the same thing about teenagers in 160 BC – and he lifted from the Greeks. [I can even cite my source.]<br /><br />Patrick, what you do is: allow your children to enjoy their friendships without embarrassment, which is the one thing that they will always remember - long after your perception of their social gaffes is forgotten. In adult company, the rules are more nuanced, but two sets of manners might evolve! The tricky bit is knowing when authority is acceptable and I sense that you are getting it lip-bitingly right.Zedabeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05564015115187558508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-592994284096434432.post-25909257653112313642009-11-01T02:56:43.869+00:002009-11-01T02:56:43.869+00:00Being a mother of two daughters, both grown, I wou...Being a mother of two daughters, both grown, I would have definiatly<br />said something about table manners here in your home. I don't concider myself that strick about everything, but manners are something I was always strick about.i love sitting down to a nice meal and having great conversation, beautiful table setting and nothing is worse than kids who just don't know any better. <br /> I think it is ok , to teach other children when they are in your home, politely, funnily, or just out right tell them. whatever feels right at the time......k <br />tkatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15122319413103825003noreply@blogger.com