Back to school madness is upon us and parents everywhere are surrendering the easy joy of summer to a clogged family calendar top-heavy with extracurricular commitments. Unfortunately, families also surrender the most important thing: the family meal. Crazy busy days tend to edge out the act of dining together—why bother when you can just take it to go and eat in the car, at the soccer field or in the dance studio?
It used to be the family dinner was a given; the punctuation mark at the end of each day, absolute and non-negotiable…
Read all of Katie Kelly Bell’s article here on Forbes.com>>>