As hard as it is to believe, the back-to-school ads are telling us that it’s time to start waving goodbye to summer fun and ushering in school year schedules. Whether your household greets the return to routine with groans or cheers, the fact is, transitions can be hard on all of us. But […]

At this time of year, everyone is in a rush. Often September means the return of routines, but also the beginning of extra curricular activities, evening meetings and other dinner-disrupting obligations that can make gathering for a calm and upbeat family meal a real challenge. As our Executive Director Lynn Barendsen commented in a recent […]

  In November, we celebrate the occasion our co-founder, Dr. Anne Fishel, jokingly refers to as “the mother of all family dinners.” No doubt Thanksgiving is a major upcoming event on your family dinner calendar, but it’s not the only opportunity for meaningful mealtime connections that can be made over the course of the next […]