I received a lot of compliments on my post about “24 Reasons to Gather Around the Dinner Table” – well, compliments and a challenge: come up with even more reasons families should sit down to dinner together. But first, if you find the idea of family meals daunting, take a look at Dine Without Whine. [...]

How often does your family have dinner together? If you’re like most families nowadays, the answer is probably, “Not very often.” It’s understandable. Modern families are busy. Both parents work and sometimes get home at different times. Children have activities to go to, and Mom’s got to drive them all over the place. Really, who’s [...]

When was the last time your family had a meal together? I don’t mean sitting in the car munching on burgers from the drive-through. I mean sitting down at the table and sharing a home-cooked meal. If you can’t remember when you last enjoyed a family dinner, make plans to have them more often. Experts [...]

The children are running around the kitchen. The dog is barking it at the door and dinner should have been on the table thirty minutes ago. It’s a common scenario in many households come dinner time. The reason that most meal times don’t always go smoothly may because dinner the last thing on your mind [...]