December 14th, 2012
These age-appropriate conversation ideas will get your kids thinking (and talking!) about giving.
Conversation of the Week
What does your family think about education issues, sports scandals and the latest campaign headlines? Each week, The Family Dinner Project posts a summary of a current news story, along with thought-provoking questions that will help your family talk about topics that matter.
Election Inspection
November 14th, 2012
Costing nearly $6 billion, the November election was the most expensive ever. Should we curtail campaign spending?
A Little Boy With A Big Heart
September 27th, 2012
Wyatt Erber didn’t hesitate to give his prize money to a 2-year-old neighbor who needed chemotherapy.
Crimson With Shame
September 5th, 2012
Perhaps we shouldn’t be surprised that there would be cheating in a course called “Introduction to Congress”…
What Did Your Family Think of the Olympic Games?
August 14th, 2012
The 2012 Olympics gave us a lot to talk about, so we couldn’t resist writing a dinner conversation post about them…
Dark Clouds Over Happy Valley
August 1st, 2012
When you think of Harvard or Yale, you think of academics. When you think of the Universities of North Carolina or Kentucky, what comes to mind?
Life Saved. Job Lost.
July 12th, 2012
A man was drowning off Hallendale Beach in Florida the other day. Someone ran up to a lifeguard seeking help, and the lifeguard jumped into action.
School Days, Cruel Days
June 27th, 2012
t’s been all over the news and the talk of the internet. A bullying incident on a school bus was taken to a whole new level. The victim wasn’t another student, but a bus monitor.
He Lives to Give
June 5th, 2012
Nicholas Crace has a good heart and good kidneys. Well, just one kidney now. He donated the other for transplant.
Chipping In
April 24th, 2012
Someone once said, “A true hero does what needs to be done and needs no other reason.” On a New York City subway car recently, a man did what needed doing.