Where do children get a chance to simply sit down with their families and share what happened at school, hear a parent’s funny story from the office, or just share a joke? At the dinner table, of course. But between soccer practice, choir rehearsal, homework, evening meetings, household chores and traveling on business, families these days often find it difficult to sit down together for dinner. Why worry about having family dinners? Because children …showed first 75 words of 241 total…

…showed last 75 words of 241 total…better starting point for further conversation than questions that generate one-word answers, such as “How was school today?” (“Fine”) or “What happened at La Petite?” (“Nothing”). And yes, sometimes it will be difficult to get everyone to the table for dinner. But if you make family dinner a priority, your children will benefit - by talking, by listening and simply by being there at the dinner table with the people who matter most to them.