Senator's

Wife Authors

Excellent Book

If I had children, I would love to spend time each night at the dinner table going through this long overdue book. Karen Santorum, wife of rising the Republican Senator from Pennsylvania from Pennsylvania, Rick Santorum, has written an excellent book. Everyday Graces: A Child's Book of Good Manners, revitalizes the lost art of manners in our culture.

The Santorum's are a home-schooling family with six children and are well acquainted with the need to instill a respect for manners in their children. Karen Santorum craftily uses the art of story-telling and brief poetry to introduce object lessons related to specific manners. In particular, I appreciate the attention devoted to civic and patriotic themes.

Topics included are:

• Honor Your Father and Mother
• Helping Out at Home
• Loving Your Family
• Loving Your Home
• Please, Thank You and Other Kind Words
• Taming the Tongue
• Telling the Truth
• Be Considerate at the Table
• Eat in Moderation
• Appreciate What You Are Served
• Setting the Table
• Washing
• Dressing
• Appreciating People with Disabilities
• Being a Friend to the Elderly
• Showing Compassion for the Sick
• Visiting Other People's Homes
• The Value of Hard Work
• Following the Rules
• Good Sportsmanship
• Seeing the Good in People
• Sharing in Your Friends' Successes
• Helping Each Other
• Good Ways to Lose Friends
• Writing Letters and Invitations
• Behavior in Church
• Good Citizenship
• Respecting the American Flag
• More