Are basic manners, such as saying “please” and “thank-you,” old-fashioned and a thing of the past? Why is it that adults have a tough time expressing appreciation for things they have been given? Zig Ziglar, known as “America’s motivator,” has some interesting thoughts: “Of all the things a parent can teach a child, manners rates very close to the top to the ‘must teach’ list. Number one: when a child is taught, from the time he or she can talk, to say ‘thank-you’ you are teaching that child ...