Miss Manners: Should I let my kid claim any public seat as his throne?

In today's Miss Manners column, advice columnist Judith Martin responds to a reader's two stories about children demanding seats in public spaces.

Miss Manners: Cramped diner seating made eavesdropping unavoidable — I was only trying to help

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I was dining within inches of an occupied table for two at a restaurant. One of the men at that table ...

Miss Manners: What’s the polite way to get to your seat when you have to pass several people?

I always thought that you should face the people you are passing (showing your prettier side), but a lot of people turn their ...