Miss Manners Pays a Call: Boredom

I'm sure that most of you did not know that Mrs. March's great, great aunt is Miss Manners.

Well, she is.

Aunty Manners was shocked and horrified by some recent posts of Mrs. March's. Being the lovely generous woman that she is, she offered her services in helping the Miss Marches to grow into polite young women whom she will be proud to be called her great, great, great nieces.

Mrs. March, desperate for blog content, and desiring well behaved, polite children readily agreed.

Mrs. March will be sharing with you the content of these lessons. She hopes that at the very least it will give you a good laugh. If you find this information helpful in your own home then Miss Manners will count it as work well done.

This week's lesson involves emotions that are not allowed.

Yes, Miss Manners does ban some emotions. Mrs. March does not argue with Aunty Manners, that would be rude. You dear reader may post your own comments, but Mrs. March is staying out of this!

Boredom is not allowed. Should a child foolishly and rudely express a feeling of boredom the parent may point out the inappropriateness of said emotion and then joyfully encourage the child to delight in the wonder of the world around her. The parent may voice ideas such as reading a book, drawing a picture or other creative pursuits. Should the child continue to express the prohibited emotion, then Aunty Manners suggest such employment as cleaning one's room or other other helpful duties to alleviate said boredom.

Mrs. March will now proceed to work on this for the week with the Miss Marches.