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averyschmidt wrote:

>[I don't think needing permission to leave the table has
>anything to do with "showing respect" or "being thankful." Respect
>is earned, not commanded, and being thankful comes from actually
>being thankful, and you can only know if someone is truly thankful
>(and being honest) if they are free to be that.]
>

There's a *fabulous* article on this subject in the May/June issue of
Natural Learning (p. 24). This same author, Naomi Aldort, also has a
shorter, similar article up at
http://www.naturalchild.org/naomi_aldort/manners.html

TreeGoddess