By Dom Cingoranelli, Catholic Stand - Good manners have a significant spiritual aspect to them. Our outward movements—our behaviors—are directable by our reason. Through our reason we can eliminate, add or build on patterns of behavior. And creating patterns of good behavior—building virtue—is something we all need to work on. Our children need guidance to help them create good and virtuous patterns of behavior, including good manners. Scripture tells us: “Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.” (Proverbs 22:6)