Emily Post Talks With Teens About Manners and Etiquette

by Elizabeth L. Post

Contemporary advice, as well as engaging scenarios, help teenagers understand how the elements of etiquette can be beneficially applied in everyday life

160 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 1991

About the author

Elizabeth L. Post (May 7, 1920 – April 24, 2010) was an etiquette writer and the granddaughter-in-law of the etiquette writer Emily Post

Reviews

[Lisa · Rating 3 out of 5]

Picked this up at a library sale for 50 cents, because I feel like an awkward teen in most situations. This edition came out in 1995, and might be useful as research for anyone writing a YA novel set in the '90s. (Some of the advice is about how to share a phone line with your family, and how not to hog the line with your dial-up connection. Oh, the memories!)

I laughed out loud when I read the lists of "great dates" (Pictionary, rollerblading, flying kites, etc) and "bad dates" (Hanging out in the bad part of town, partying at a deserted beach, etc), because the bad ones sounded much more fun and memorable. This book is written by two women who are both parents, and I suspect some of the tips were directed specifically at their kids.

I read the entire book, mostly because of this sentence in the intro:

"Etiquette provides the knowledge, and gives you the confidence you need, to pass the test of life."

I still feel unprepared for that test, but I'm giving this book 3 stars because it was mildly entertaining.