The Shame Monkey

When i was a child, my grandmother highly valued manners and proper dinner table behavior. One of her favorite tools to help us learn was called the "Whoopsie Monkey". She got the idea from a book somewhere and it was pretty simple: When we did something "wrong" at the dinner table, she would stand up and announce that (Insert_name_here) has made a Whoopsie! Then, she would place the monkey in front of that person.

The monkey would stare at you as you finished the meal, reminding you of the