Many people wonder whether they really need to write thank-you notes for every gift they receive. This question was recently posed to Carol Weston, a renowned author and advice columnist ...

Often the most common way of giving thanks in professional settings is by writing thank-you notes. Across my career as a writing instructor and program manager, I have written dozens of thank-you ...

(Between us, I will admit that my favorite gifts are notes of appreciation from students and parents.) In return, I have always taken the time to write careful and personal thank-you notes for ...

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 ...