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Maralee McKee

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in Orlando

June 04

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Welcome! Please come in and make yourself comfy! I’m honored your here.

I’m Marlee McKee and I’m passionate about equipping people with simple, savvy, sincere skills to become the best version of themselves and the cool breeze in the lives of others. If we were to met in person, (I hope we do.) you’d soon know that my style of writing is like me, relaxed and relational. I’ve been described as “Rachael Ray meets Emily Post.” It’s my hope that as you read my posts and books, you’ll feel as if you’re spending time with someone you have a lot in common with, someone who shares your concerns, doubts, and simple desire to live out a happy, life surrounded by people who consider us kind and fair and nice to be around.

My passion for fine tuning, upd Welcome! Please come in and make yourself comfy! I’m honored your here.

I’m Marlee McKee and I’m passionate about equipping people with simple, savvy, sincere skills to become the best version of themselves and the cool breeze in the lives of others. If we were to met in person, (I hope we do.) you’d soon know that my style of writing is like me, relaxed and relational. I’ve been described as “Rachael Ray meets Emily Post.” It’s my hope that as you read my posts and books, you’ll feel as if you’re spending time with someone you have a lot in common with, someone who shares your concerns, doubts, and simple desire to live out a happy, life surrounded by people who consider us kind and fair and nice to be around.

My passion for fine tuning, updating, and sharing modern manners began years ago with my own feeling of lack. I grew up in a broken home—alone and afraid and under difficult circumstances. I felt uncomfortable, even unworthy, around others.

I never imagined that my greatest weakness, self-consciousness, would one day be erased by knowing and using manners: proven ways of changing the ways others perceive, relate, and interact with us. I was even more surprised that my passion for sharing what I learned and developed through twelve years of research, study and teaching others how to become the best version of themselves would become my life’s purpose.

But, I’m sure glad it did!

“Manners” comes from the Greek word for “hand,” which soon lead to the word “handle.” The purpose of manners is to give us a heads-up for how to handle people and situations. I’ll bet you’re like me: you feel so much better when you’re confident about the best thing to say and do, and how to show yourself in the best possible light. That’s the gift of manners.

In my writing you won’t find stuffiness, fluff, or rules just for the sake of rules. I’ve embraced the grace and timeless wisdom of our grandmothers’ etiquette, but taken out any pomp, exclusion of others, or pretense. I’ve replaced that with the new how-to of being kind, considerate, and gracious, and added how to set and maintain boundaries that are needed and healthy, for adults and children, in today’s raw and “me-first” culture.

Setting and defining the standards of personal interactions for this generation is my goal, honor, and calling. With me you’ll always find manners with heart—not haughtiness.

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Manners That Matter for Moms: The Essential Book of Life Skills for Your Kids

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Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead

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Happier at Home: Kiss More, Jump More, Abandon a Project, Read Samuel Johnson, and My Other Experiments in the Practice of Everyday Life

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Platform: Get Noticed in a Noisy World

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“The ornaments of your home are the people who smile upon entering time and time again.”
― Maralee McKee, Manners That Matter for Moms: The Essential Book of Life Skills for Your Kids

tags: etiquette, guests, hospitality, hosts, manners

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“OUr past doesn't define us. It prepares us.”
― Maralee McKee, Manners That Matter for Moms: The Essential Book of Life Skills for Your Kids

tags: children, christian-living, etiquette, etiquette-and-attitude, manners, parenting

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“Today our children are our reflection. Tomorrow they will be our shadows.”
― Maralee McKee, Manners That Matter for Moms: The Essential Book of Life Skills for Your Kids

tags: children, christian-living, etiquette, etiquette-and-attitude, inspirational, manners

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“Today our children are our reflection. Tomorrow they will be our shadows.”
― Maralee McKee, Manners That Matter for Moms: The Essential Book of Life Skills for Your Kids

tags: children, christian-living, etiquette, etiquette-and-attitude, inspirational, manners

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“OUr past doesn't define us. It prepares us.”
― Maralee McKee, Manners That Matter for Moms: The Essential Book of Life Skills for Your Kids

tags: children, christian-living, etiquette, etiquette-and-attitude, manners, parenting

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“Laws control the lesser man. Right conduct controls the greater.”
― Mark Twain

tags: etiquette, etiquette-and-attitude, laws, manners

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“A chief cause of worry and unhappiness in life is trading what we want most for what we want at the moment.”
― Maralee McKee, Manners That Matter for Moms: The Essential Book of Life Skills for Your Kids

tags: attitude, character, christian-living, etiquette, manners

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