Adventures in Parenting

While out with some clients for lunch, I tried in vain to remember the proper etiquette from Emily Post.
Am I suppose to order a drink to be socialable? Is there a rule as to who orders first? Who pays the bill?
I grew up in a very casual family where proper table manners were not emphasized. [...]

Yesterday at church while I was teaching the children’s class, one of the boys was assigned to pass out the snacks. He proceeded to serve the boys who were clamoring for the food.
“Ladies first,” I said.
“Awww!” the boys groaned. “Why should the girls get it first?”
In this day and age of women’s rights and equality [...]