Exciting things are happening this winter at Niche Etiquette Children commencing with etiquette training sessions at a high end Boutique Hotel in London every Sunday. Children will have lunch between 12 noon and 1:30pm learning the art of table manners, dining...
The greater the empathy skills of children, the easier it is for them to recognize sarcasm, according to a new study in the open-access journal Frontiers in Psychology. For children, sarcastic language can be difficult to understand. They generally begin to recognize...
You must prepare yourself for what you are going to say when you are presented to the Queen. At the initial presentation you must address the Queen as “Your Majesty”. After this, throughout the duration of the visit you will call her Ma’am. Contrary...
There is much controversy on many issues in the UK at present and the latest one that is causing debate across the country is the government attempting to dictate when our children will and will not take holidays or be absent from school during term time. There are of...
We’ve all seen temper tantrums, whether it was one of our own or a friend’s child; on many occasions we would have witnessed it in the supermarket. But how do we know the root cause of such a sometimes violent outburst from a small child? ...
Her Majesty’s Household If you have been invited to a Royal event and are concerned about etiquette, dress code or indeed any aspect of your visit, the Royal Household is not only a wealth of information but will be more than happy to help in terms of answering...
It’s great to hear that pioneering charity Jesse’s Fund has been nominated for the YCCA (Yorkshire Children of Courage Awards). Jesse’s Fund was founded by two musicians from York, Alan George and Lesley Schatzberger, when their daughter Jessica...
Obeisance is not a word that is often used in Britain today or even thought about. There may even be people who have no idea what it means. Effectively it means allegiance, homage or respect and this ancient manner of displaying respect to anyone in an authoritative...
Etiquette in the Royal Household Part 1 In modern day Britain acquiescence and etiquette have been in decline for some years but there is one place where these values have been upheld irrespective of the passage of time – within the Royal Household. Etiquette in...
Over the next few weeks I am going to give you some information about common behavioural problems and the possible causes of them. This week I have chosen habit disorders in children so that we can explore what is a phase of repetitive behaviour that most...