50 Things Every Young Gentleman Should Know Revised and Expanded

My grandson seems to have dysfunctional parents, my son being one of them. He is very self centered and rude. He therefore has no friends and is picked on at school. I feel very sorry for him and try to do things with him and do a little parenting with him when it is just my wife and I, but it will not make up for all the years of neglect. I found this book and read it and gave it to my grandson with a inscription that read to help his success in life as he grows older. I told him that when he finished reading it I would talk over anything he wanted. The book is very well written, the author< John Bridges, can write to make the reader feel he is being given advice by a good friend.

This book if filled with great ideas but the problem is to get boys to listen to the advice that is in here. If I had read this book when I was young I would be able to rule the world now. This is the kind of advice that even you do not like to be a nice person you should still do this stuff just to mess with people.

This is an excellent resource for everyday use by young men. A good feature is that the book can be opened to any page for a minute's read to provide a little insight on a subject the reader already "knows."

This book provides guidelines for appropriate behavior in many social situations for young men. It is a very useful book for young male college and professional school graduates undergoing the job interview process, as good manners and social skills are always considered an asset by potential employers.

Book is for elementary through middle school boys. I wanted something for high school through college or even for adult males. Some of the responses were too informal for a book on manners as manners should be about appropriate conduct for formal or informal situations. The book addresses primarily today's more relaxed approach to social behavior. It also needs to include issues of respect for race, gender, class, LGBT, etc. and as well as inappropriate touching and respect for personal boundaries.

I purchased three of these books for high school grads. It is a worthy book bUT too juvenile for a high school grad. High schoolers are already aware of when to say please, excuse me and thank you. Some of them actually do.

I bought this book to use with my grandsons, ages 11 & 13. I pulled it out one day when they were visiting and read them the introduction. It might have been the phrase "impressing the girls" that first caught their attention! I read to them from the book, starting with "How to behave in a movie theater". The chapters are short instructions followed by "You do" and "You don't" and "Why" sections. The advice is excellent and concise! After reading a few chapters to them, the 13 year old asked to see it and picked a few chapters he wanted me to read to them. Then the 11 year old wanted to pick a few!! We spent over an hour reading and discussing and they never lost interest! The next morning they were still saying things like "I put the toilet seat down, "just like a young gentleman should"! We will read more together the next time they visit. The book is written so you can randomly pick chapters that appeal at the time. Money well spent, time well invested in "my two fine young gentlemen"!!

Detractors will argue that a book like this is only common sense, but unfortunately, our society today has been influenced by the "grunge-activists" so that good manners in word and deed are disappearing. Bridges and Curtis touch on such mundanely topics as shaking hands with the elderly, with ladies, etc., writing (a lost art) of thank you notes, giving and receiving compliments, opening doors for others, answering a phone (and cell phone usage), table manners, making introductions, etc. These and all are essential in the business and professional world.
Good manners in what one says and does is always appropriate: putting others before oneself. While there will certainly be variations, the untaught and unsure cannot go wrong by going by their "letter of the law." jhr

I bought this book to use with my grandsons, ages 11 & 13. I pulled it out one day when they were visiting and read them the introduction. It might have been the phrase "impressing the girls" that first caught their attention! I read to them from the book, starting with "How to behave in a movie theater". The chapters are short instructions followed by "You do" and "You don't" and "Why" sections. The advice is excellent and concise! After reading a few chapters to them, the 13 year old asked to see it and picked a few chapters he wanted me to read to them. Then the 11 year old wanted to pick a few!! We spent over an hour reading and discussing and they never lost interest! The next morning they were still saying things like "I put the toilet seat down, "just like a young gentleman should"! We will read more together the next time they visit. The book is written so you can randomly pick chapters that appeal at the time. Money well spent, time well invested in "my two fine young gentlemen"!!

Detractors will argue that a book like this is only common sense, but unfortunately, our society today has been influenced by the "grunge-activists" so that good manners in word and deed are disappearing. Bridges and Curtis touch on such mundanely topics as shaking hands with the elderly, with ladies, etc., writing (a lost art) of thank you notes, giving and receiving compliments, opening doors for others, answering a phone (and cell phone usage), table manners, making introductions, etc. These and all are essential in the business and professional world.
Good manners in what one says and does is always appropriate: putting others before oneself. While there will certainly be variations, the untaught and unsure cannot go wrong by going by their "letter of the law." jhr