Writing thank you notes also teaches children to respect others and appreciate how other people feel. It teaches children proper social manners that they’ll use the rest of their lives.

Your assignment today: Write a note of gratitude to someone to whom your thanks are overdue. It might be a schoolteacher, a ...

My children began to resist writing thank-you notes as they got older. Now I make sure they show gratitude before enjoying their gifts.

But, more selfishly, it can benefit the thank-you-note sender. A new study published in the journal PLOS One suggests that writing a grateful missive can actually enhance our mental well-being.

As a greeting-card writer, I hate thank-you notes for weddings and gifts sent out of obligation. However, unexpected, genuine ...

The article about the loss of writing thank-you notes discusses another lost art. During COVID, I wrote letters to my grandchildren several times a week, in print form, not in cursive.

Dear Annie: I used to complain about not receiving thank-you notes, but how many times have you been to a shower where, at the end, the gift receiver graciously gives a heartfelt “thank you ...

Writing thank you notes also teaches children to respect others and appreciate how other people feel. It teaches children proper social manners that they’ll use the rest of their lives.

My children began to resist writing thank-you notes as they got older. Now I make sure they show gratitude before enjoying their gifts.