Manners Have Gone Out of Fashion

We have become a nation of rude people. Does that matter? I actually think it does because there is a link between manners and morals.

As a grandfather of three little children, it’s so important to teach them to engage in good manners, to be grateful. I even write thank you notes to local places we visit, such as our unique South Florida butterfly attraction or a local farm tour, and have them each write something on the thank you card.

Manners do matter, and I’ll explain why in a moment. 

In our documentary for Providence Forum, “The Beginning of Wisdom” — which is all about the extraordinary role the Bible played in early American education — the narrator says, “In the early 1960s (and earlier, going back to colonial times), schools opened in prayer.”