Eating a meal together as a family can be a wonderful opportunity for building closer relationships and having fun at the same time Our book, "Manners Matter" can help begin conversation with your youngster about proper table manners and why they are important. We encourage you to have fun with these. Let your children ask questions. Maybe even act out one of the 10 table manners before dinner. We hope you have as much fun teaching table manners to your children as we did putting together this book.