A full plate of responsibilities Background: Balancing a busy work life with caretaking Paula Gables is fifty-three years old, lives with her husband, and has three children, two of whom are in college and a son who has just left for college. She also cares for her elderly parents (her father has Alzheimer’s), and a […]

It’s been three weeks, and by now family dinner might feel easier. You have created this time and place for family to come together, so full of possibility. Could you explore those possibilities and use family dinner to do some heavy lifting or some imagining together? Look at something your family struggles with or aspires […]

Who can join The Family Dinner Project? Families come in all shapes and sizes: Couples with and without children, single parents, multiple generations under one roof, work families, college and school families, neighborhoods and whole communities. No matter what your family make-up is, where you live, or what your dinners are like now, you can […]