to a finishing school?
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Charm school?
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Alot of the school districts in our area are now sponsoring after school and evening "seminars" for kids which teach table manners, etiquette and participating in different cultural settings. These are very worthwhile I think.
As far as a true "finishing school" I dont think so. Perhaps if I had a girl I'd consider it for her but I dont think I'd opt for it in the end.
Anyway, for my boys I think the seminar type things and our own teaching and guidance will be sufficient.
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I wouldn't send my daughters to a finishing school that takes boarders, but I have sent them to evening classes, and to several children's tea parties at the Hilton which teach proper manners.
I think that these opportunities made my daughters more confident in social settings. They definitely have better postures :).
I think your daughter may be a little young right now, but in my personal opinion, it's never too early to start teaching children table manners. Even my youngest can sit at the table, eat and drink without making noise, put her napkin on her lap, use a knife and fork properly, and say please and thank you. Of course then her older brother taught her to belch while saying alhamdulillah, so we have to do a little retraining there :)
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Okay what happened to teaching manners at home??
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I think we all teach manners at home. But when there are outside opportunities like the seminars in our area, its a nice thing to take advantage of. They get a bunch of kids together for a really formal dinner, the kids get all dressed up and interact with each other in a really formal setting and in other cultural settings. This can be really educational since at home, simulating this type of thing just doesnt quite measure up to the same thing yeah?
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Finishing school for my girls consisted more of how to interact in various social situations, the proper forms of address for different people, behaving in a formal and business situation, how to use the other 13 pieces of silver in a full table setting, formal and business letter writing, etc. It includes a lot of role-play, and I can't say that we eat many formal dinners at home :)
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Amana, I think we are of like minds lol!!
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^ :) Must be those corrupting gori genes, LOL
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They also have books on manners and stuff for young girls, covering everything from inviting someone to your party to how you talk to someone on the phone etc.
I would think some things are common sense, like don't fart or burp at the dinner table, eat slowly and neatly, wipe your mouth after every few bites if you feel you have something on your face, don't do your makeup at the table, say please and thankyou, dnt' stare, etc.
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I'm of the same ilk ladies. All training begins at home but there are aspects that we would never have the opportunity to discover at home. Table manners is one thing, but knowing who's name to mention first in an introduction when you accompany someone to a cocktail party is just something that we wouldn't be able to drill in at home.
I learned a lot on my own that my parents were not able to teach me.
Don't get me wrong....they taught me the majority, however, ammi was not able to teach me the proper way for a lady to enter or exit a vehicle. Do I think that this is important for a lady to know? Absolutely.
Ammi was not able to teach me which glass is for what wine/water. She never had that experience. Ammi didn't get to meet many diplomats or business people so she only ever learned to acknowledge by gently bowing her head and smiling or at the most lifting her hand for "Adaab".
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woww never heard of it before.. is there some SPECIFIC way to enter or exit a SPECIFIC vehicle or just in general?!?!
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^ How about exit strategies for a riksha? 
There is no graceful way to get out of one, no matter what.
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actually, yes....there is a specific way to enter and exit a vehicle......
go do some research..... ;) let's see what you find.....
Sara, ladies don't use ricksha service......
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I would not send my kids to a finishing school. I learned most of my manners from my Ammie.
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Same here, i’ve learned all of the above mentioned at home.
Except for the wine glasses which I learned on my own 
But then again my mother comes from a family that sent their kids to convent schools
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Wouldn't the manners being taught be very socially and ethnically biased? Not every culture likes to drink their tea with a pinky up or considers a firm hand shake a friendly or confident one.
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Well thats the thing in these "etiquette" seminars....they DO actually go over different cultures, different practices and etiquettes. Different themes each time.
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I also think manners and etiquettes should be taught at home but there is no harm in sending them to seminars. They sound interesting actually and the important thing is to learn it.