The Etiquette Factory

I’ve used it, actually just sold mine to a friend. We liked it well enough. I had all 3 levels. The first level is really good for younger kids *under 4th grade* because it’s funny and has songs and activities. The next level is just daily readings out of a spiral bound book, where a part of a topic is explored and then a simple activity is suggested, often role play of the concept. This is extensive in scope and covers things in a great small piece at a time way. Reading is daily. The third level is a small spiral bound book for teens with etiquette for situations they may find themselves in (boy/girl relationships, cell phone use, jobs, etc).

We liked all 3 levels and after using them for a while we reached a point where it’s just one more thing we don’t have time for. We’ve covered the basics of etiquette now and are working hard to apply it. So I told God if he wanted us to keep using it we would, but if someone else wanted to buy it then to send them my way. He sent someone.

You can see my original review of it here: http://ourbusyhomeschool.blogspot.com/2011/05/etiquette-factorya-review.html

If you look at that date you can see we’ve used it since 2011, so we got quite a lot of use out of it before passing it on. It wasn’t just a use it for a few months and let it sit on the shelf purchase.

To Rebekahy, “wooooo” (fingers wiggling back and forth). Take it as a sign!!! Lol!

To OP: Never heard of it, but now I’m curious!

Wow! Just looked at it and watched the videos. Seems like it would be a good tool.

It’s called “online behavioral advertising” (a.k.a. browser-enabled interest-based advertising), and since most (perhaps all?) websites you search place “cookies” on your computer, these cookies are accessed and used to customize ads targeted at what you visit. It’s one way I can tell if my son or daughters are visiting, let’s say “Barbie.com” because then I’ll start seeing a bunch of ads selling Barbie stuff.

You can block cookies to some extent in your browser settings, but some websites require cookies to be allowed in order to do what you need them to do. There is a place you can go to opt out of behavioral advertising from nearly 100 companies, but you have to remember to go through the opt-out process every time you clear your cache or delete cookies from your browser….or if you switch to a new browser. Here is their link: http://www.networkadvertising.org/choices.