Table Talk: The Passing Of Nelson Mandela
Each week, The Huffington Post presents a compelling topic to spark discussion at your dinner table. This week’s topic is the passing of Nelson Mandela Story to read: Former South African President...
View ArticleTable Talk: The Polar Vortex
Each week, The Huffington Post presents a compelling topic to spark discussion at your dinner table. This week’s topic is the Polar Vortex. Story to read: U.S. Cold Weather Shatters Records As Polar...
View ArticleTable Talk: Sochi Winter Olympics 2014
Topic: The 2014 Winter Olympics In Sochi Story to read: LET THE GAMES BEGIN What to say to your kids: Every two years, countries from around the world send athletes to represent them in the Olympics...
View ArticleThe Special Bowl of Treasures
Try this for a week or a year, especially if your kids are the kind whose pockets are always spilling with found objects. Place a bowl in the center of your table. As the week progresses and objects...
View ArticleTry a Technology-Free Table
In our first book, The Family Dinner, we present “Ten Simple Steps to Successful Family Dinners.” A couple of those rules can be quickly summarized thus: “No Screens!” No Phones: Do not answer the...
View ArticleInvite Great Grandma for Dinner
As we all know, dinner isn’t just about the food that’s on the table; it’s also about the conversation and the connections around the table. So tonight, invite your great grandmother to dinner. Today...
View ArticleThe Category Word Game
Games to play at the table are a great way to get the conversation going during family dinner. Here’s one we like, the Category Word Game: Pick a category and everyone lists one thing from that...
View ArticleGratitudes
Make the expression of gratitude part of your family dinner ritual. However you say it — with a prayer or blessing, a question for the table, quotes, stories, a few simple words of thanks — gratitude...
View ArticleTurn off Those Phones and the TV
A study from the Centre for Child and Family Health Promotion Research at the University of Minnesota suggests that using media devices (like smart phones, computers and the TV) during dinner leads to...
View ArticleSweeten Your Dinner with a Cup of Gratitude
After reading the 10 newest recipes for how to roast the perfect turkey (are they ever really new?), after writing then losing the mile long grocery list, and after all the shopping and prepping,...
View ArticleThe Laughing Game
Here’s a great idea for a game you can play at the family dinner table. The Laughing Game. Everyone laugh like Mom. Everyone laugh like Dad. Everyone laugh like… who’s next?
View ArticleThe Resolutions Game
With 2015 fast approaching, here’s a fun family dinner game around the tradition of the New Year’s resolution. Although resolutions, like gratitude, should be something we focus on year round. To aid...
View ArticleFavorite Ways to Connect at the Table
I’m a huge fan of using games, word play and conversation starters to get the discussion going at the dinner table. Here are some of my favorites: 1. The Pet Peeve and Idiosyncrasy game. This is a sure...
View ArticleStory Games for Your Table
As we say, dinner is as much about the conversation as it is about healthy, delicious food. But it’s not always easy for families to open up and talk to each other. That’s where table games come in....
View ArticleWho are You?
Here’s a fun game to play at the table tonight that might just give you a little insight into what your kids think about themselves (and about you too!!) Round One: Describe yourself in three...
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