I set house rules, and children break them

Miss Manners: I set the house rules, and the children break them
DEAR MISS MANNERS: My son and his family live four hours away and visit often with our two grandchildren. One rule I have is no food or drinks in the living room or bedrooms. Growing up, we were never allowed to have food anywhere but on a table.
Miss Manners: A grandmother’s house rules about food aren’t being respected
A grandmother is frustrated that her son and her grandkids don’t respect her rules about having food and drinks outside of the kitchen.
Miss Manners: My clueless son allows his ill-mannered kids to carry food and drinks through my house
MISS MANNERS by Judith Martin, Nicholas Ivor Martin and Jacobina Martin DEAR MISS MANNERS: My son and his family live four hours away, and visit often with our two grandchildren. One rule I have is no food or drinks in the living room or bedrooms.
Miss Manners: Messy kids keep breaking grandma’s house rules
A friend of my boyfriend posted a years-old photo of a bunch of their friends, and she tagged one person as a way of saying “happy birthday” to them. The photo included my boyfriend and his then-girlfriend.
Miss Manners: I have one rule when my grandkids visit, and my son refuses to respect it
It is a constant struggle when they visit, because the parents allow food and drinks in their rooms at home. They feel that my not allowing this is valuing my furniture over the k
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