GENTLE READER: Here is another argument against inviting the extended family to a graduation: Graduation ceremonies can be ...

Miss Manners is grateful for anything that stops people from becoming belligerent, which is what she gathers you mean by confrontational. But she hopes there is something besides fear of violence ...

So instead of brooding, Miss Manners recommends explaining gently to your relatives that while your mother is gratified that ...

Reaching senior year of high school or college is an academic milestone worthy of celebration. When the time comes to start ...

my nonagenarian mother receives invitations to at least one graduation. (She has over 20 grandchildren.) Last year, she attended one college graduation, an hour’s drive away, during which she ...