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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.

Talking About Giving

diciembre 14th, 2012

These age-appropriate conversation ideas will get your kids thinking (and talking!) about giving.

Election Inspection

noviembre 14th, 2012

Costing nearly $6 billion, the November election was the most expensive ever. Should we curtail campaign spending?

ES: A Little Boy With A Big Heart

septiembre 27th, 2012

Wyatt Erber didn’t hesitate to give his prize money to a 2-year-old neighbor who needed chemotherapy.

Crimson With Shame

septiembre 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?

agosto 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

agosto 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.

julio 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

junio 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.

Sweet 16

junio 19th, 2012

New York’s Super-Size Drink Ban

He Lives to Give

junio 5th, 2012

Nicholas Crace has a good heart and good kidneys. Well, just one kidney now. He donated the other for transplant.

Snow Job Risks No Job

mayo 10th, 2012

Why would the CEO of a major company lie on his resume?

Chipping In

abril 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.