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1 The Family Dinner — How Often Does It Really Happen in Your Home?
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2 Five Ways to Make Family Meals Happen
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3 Delilicious: Build Up an Appetite With a Taco Bar
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4 Comfortable Way For Families to Talk About Tough Topics
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5 Mealtime Etiquette: Keep Your Tech in Check at the Table?
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6 The Mom Behind the Game: Cristy Clarke of TableTopics
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7 LilSugar Challenge: What's Your Go-To Dinner?
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8 A New Way to Deal With Your "Picky Eaters"
Like all good intentions (especially those pertaining to parenting, it seems), the family dinner is a concept that's great in theory but difficult in execution. If your kids are little, then you're likely to be walking a tight line between dinner and bedtime. Then, as they get older, sports practices and after-school activities get in the way. And that's not even factoring in Mom and Dad's Read more
Picky, picky, picky! Any parent that's ever dealt with a picky eater knows how frustrating it can be. It's a constant battle to force the kids to finish the broccoli on the plate or even eat a few bites of the meal mama preciously prepared. Marta De Wulf, a nutritionist, mother, and cofounder of a nutrition iPad app for parents and kids called Smash Your Food ($3), offers up these tried-and-true Read more
Think sitting down and sharing a meal as a family is just about a warm, fuzzy feeling? A new study by the journal Pediatrics says it may be much more than that. The study found that kids (aged 2 to 17) who shared at least three meals a week with their families were less likely to be overweight, eat junk food, or develop an eating disorder, and more likely to eat produce. I ate meals with my Read more
Meatloaf, again? Every mama has a dinner that she can practically make with her eyes closed. She turns to it when she's pressed for time or just isn't in the mood to think up a new meal. Whether it's breakfast for dinner or another variation of rotisserie chicken, we want to know what you cook up on a regular basis. I'll kick things off with my top three go-to dinners for the kids: Pasta and Read more
Soup's on, here come the questions! Mom of three, Cristy Clarke started playing a game with her young kids to kick off meal time conversation and the concept spurred into her business, TableTopics. Seven years later, the family card blocks ($25) help other busy parents reconnect with their offspring. I recently had a chance to talk with the game guru. LilSugar: There's so much research that Read more
Some families use meals to connect with one another and others eat while staying connected. Smartphones, iPads, and laptops find their way to dinner tables that were once reserved for conversation and nourishment. Even when mom and dad take their darlings out to eat, they may turn on a movie to entertain the kiddos so the parents can eat in peace. What's your take on mealtime technology Read more
There comes a point in life when a mother must broach a subject that she's not sure how to approach. Some mamas may get straight to the point and fire away while others sit and brew waiting for the perfect moment to arrive. Instead of mulling things over and making the situation uncomfortable, mom and dad can help create an open line of communication with a question box. Take an old shoebox and Read more
Tots of all ages love to build. While blocks may be the most common material used to create towers and castles, you can easily channel your lil one's enthusiasm to the dinner table with a meal that is meant to be creatively constructed. Taco bars allow you to present a variety of items to your finicky eater, while allowing him to build his own masterpiece. YumSugar has a number of taco Read more
How important is breaking bread with the family? Statistics show that when parents eat with their kids at least five times a week, the children have lower rates of depression, anxiety disorders and substance abuse as well as higher academic performance than those who don't. Check out our slideshow for five tips on how you can get your brood to the table for mealtime despite the hustle and Read more
Whether you're cooking a meal at home or going out to eat, if you're trying to lose weight, it's no secret that family-style dinners encourage us to eat more. When you have an empty plate in front of you and you see a whole array of different dishes to try, your eyes can be bigger than your stomach, and you can end up serving yourself a lot more calories than you would if you were just given a Read more
