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Mom's Choice Awards Gold Recipient for Excellence in Parenting Books Corporate trainer and mentor Maralee McKee turns her attention to the home and shares the simple, savvy, and sincere skills kids need in order to flourish in today's culture. Skills for each stage of life make this the go-to book for moms with children of any age. Readers will learn how to impart the basic tools that empower kids to relate to others well, as well as... gain self-confidence by learning to make conversation pleasant, not painful overcome self-doubt by mastering new etiquette for today's on-the-go, casual, techno-savvy families develop the interpersonal skills that will help them become the best version of themselves they can be in any setting Fun, practical, and thoroughly up-to-date, this manual offers everything moms need to equip their kids to flourish in their relationships.
About the Author
Well, hello! Thank you for stopping by my author's page. I'm honored you're here. I'm Maralee McKee, and I'm passionate about equipping people with simple, savvy, sincere skills to become the best version of themselves and the cool breeze in the lives of others. My style of writing is relaxed and relational. It's my hope that as you read my pages, you will feel as if you're enjoying time with a friend. My passion for sharing modern manners began years ago with my own feeling of lack. I grew up in a broken home--alone and afraid and under difficult circumstances. I felt uncomfortable, even unworthy, around others.I never imagined that my greatest weakness (self-consciousness) would one day be erased and and that helping others as the Manners Mentor would become one of my greatest joys."Manners" comes from the Greek word for "hand," which leads to the word "handle." The purpose of manners is to simply gives us a heads-up for how to handle people and situations. I'll bet you're like me: you feel so much better when you're confident about the best thing to say and do and how to show yourself in the best possible light around others. That's the gift of manners.In my writing, you won't find pretense, fluff, or rules just for the sake of rules. I've embraced the grace and timeless wisdom of our grandmothers' etiquette, but taken out any pomp, exclusion of others, and pretense. I've replaced them with the modern how-to of being kind, considerate, and gracious, and added how to set and maintain boundaries that are needed and healthy in today's "me-first" culture. Setting and defining the standards of personal interactions for this generation is my goal and honor, and in "Manners That Matter for Moms," you'll find manners with heart--not haughtiness. If you want to raise children who are well-liked, secure, and kind, this is a book you'll want on your bookshelf from the time they're four till fourteen or more. A LITTLE ABOUT ME:I'm a native of Orlando and a lifelong resident. My husband and I have two sons whom we adore (ages 9 and 15). Our youngest has some difficult academic challenges and is home-schooled with the help of a special-ed tutor. I love having as much time with my family as possible and cherish the moments--the simple and the sublime. We have a Sheltie, and a cat who seems to think it's her job in life to make us her personal servants (a job we've taken to nicely). I adore chick-flicks, cooking, and visiting my favorite city, Savannah. I hate to do laundry and have a pet peeve about people talking on their cell phones in the stalls of public bathrooms. (Really...in the bathroom? Can't either of those two things wait until one of them is completed?) :)I'd love to keep in touch. You can visit me:www.MannersMentor.comwww.MannersThatMattertoMoms.comwww.Facebook.com/Manners.Mentor www.Pinterest.com/
