Table Manner. How to Behave at the Dinner Table

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Table Manner. How to Behave at the Dinner Table


A group of children gather around a neatly laid table. As they settle to eat, a series of exaggerated scenarios exemplifying bad table manners are presented. Someone hogs the vegetables, another aggressively barges through his neighbour to reach the salt. With every example, a more polite and civil alternative is shown, complete with smiling faces. One boy struggles to keep a straight face as he demonstrates talking with his mouth full.


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