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

DEAR ABBY: Some time ago, you printed a letter from a grandmother who said she was changing her will because neither her adult children nor her grandchildren ever wrote her thank-you notes when ...

And thank-you notes are the third most popular cards after birthday and sympathy, and women buy the bulk of them at around 85%.

The Thank You Card tradition (actually, a responsibility in our home) didn’t end in my youth. I remember, just shy of my 27th birthday, my mother reminding me numerous times, and then checking on me ...