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DEAR MISS MANNERS: Is it considered necessary to write notes of sympathy about a death on cards specially designed for the purpose? I have given up on finding cards that are acceptable and instead ...

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Per the expert, teaching kids manners has less to do with rigid etiquette and more to do with the underlying principle of kindness. After all, the behaviors we perceive to be polite are based on ...