Family Dinner Table Talk

Talking To Kids About Bullying

Posted 05.21.2012

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This week's Family Dinner Table Talk, from HuffPost and The Family Dinner book: In today's world, people who run for office should assume that thei...

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Angels at Risk: Damage Control Works in the Kindest of Ways

Susie Spain | Posted 05.10.2012

Read More: Teen Alcohol Abuse, Parenting, Family Dinner Table Talk, Teen Drug Abuse, Teen Drug Use, Family Dinners, Teen Drinking, Impact News
Susie Spain

Teens who do not have dinner with their families five to seven times per week are twice as likely to have used alcohol and 1.5 times likelier to have used marijuana, as compared to teens who do participate in family dinners.

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Why Eating Dinner Together Keeps Us Happy And Healthy

Posted 04.27.2012

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This week's Family Dinner Table Talk, from HuffPost and The Family Dinner book: At HuffPost, we’ve always believed in the importance of family me...

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Table Talk: What Can You Do To Celebrate Earth Day?

Posted 04.21.2012

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This week's Family Dinner Table Talk, from HuffPost and The Family Dinner book: On Sunday, people from all over the world will celebrate Earth Day....

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Tonight's Table Talk: Would You Ever Give Up Your Favorite Food?

Posted 04.13.2012

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This week's Family Dinner Table Talk, from HuffPost and The Family Dinner book: What came first, big factory farms or the big debate about whether ...

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Tonight's Challenge: Can You 'Unplug' For A Day?

The Huffington Post | Sarah H. Lee | Posted 03.26.2012

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This week's Family Dinner Table Talk, from HuffPost and The Family Dinner book: This week's Family Table Talk is also a challenge. Can you -- every...

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Do Kids Know How To Use An Encyclopedia?

Posted 03.16.2012

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This week's Family Dinner Table Talk, from HuffPost and The Family Dinner book: Once upon a time, people used thick, heavy reference books to look ...

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Tonight's Table Talk: Jeremy Lin, Underdog To Superstar

The Huffington Post | Sarah H. Lee | Posted 02.22.2012

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This week's Family Dinner Table Talk, from HuffPost and The Family Dinner book: In just 13 short days, Linsanity has hit the country -- and shows n...

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The Importance Of Mentoring Teens

The Huffington Post | Sarah H. Lee | Posted 02.10.2012

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This week's Family Dinner Table Talk, from HuffPost and The Family Dinner book: Ever since Michelle Obama became the First Lady of the United State...

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No Name-Calling Week: A Way To Stop School Bullying

The Huffington Post | Sarah H. Lee | Posted 01.27.2012

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This week's Family Dinner Table Talk, from HuffPost and The Family Dinner book: To whoever first started chanting, "Sticks and stones may break my ...

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Censorship And SOPA: A Family Dinner Table Talk

The Huffington Post | Sarah H. Lee | Posted 01.27.2012

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This week's Family Dinner Table Talk, from HuffPost and The Family Dinner book: If you were anywhere on the Internet this past Wednesday, you might...

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Do Kids Still Read? A Family Dinner Table Talk

The Huffington Post | Sarah H. Lee | Posted 01.27.2012

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This week's Family Dinner Table Talk, from HuffPost and The Family Dinner book: There's a new reading sheriff in town. As of Tuesday, Walter Dean M...

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Year In Review: A Family Dinner Table Talk

The Huffington Post | Sarah H. Lee | Posted 02.02.2012

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This week's Family Dinner Table Talk, from HuffPost and The Family Dinner book: The Royal Wedding, Oprah's last show, the day Occupy Wall Street st...

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Occupy The Dinner Conversation This Christmas

Carl Gibson | Posted 02.24.2012

Read More: Corporate Greed, Family Dinner Table Talk, Income Inequality, Occupy Wall Street, Christmas, Jesus, Occupy Faith, Religion News
Carl Gibson

Like every liberal activist and preacher's son, I have arch-conservative family members who don't agree with my philosophies, whom I see every year on the holidays. This year, Occupiers have nothing to worry about.

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Operation Santa: Granting Kids' Wishes One Letter At A Time

Posted 12.16.2011

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This week's Family Dinner Table Talk, from HuffPost and The Family Dinner book: If you were wondering where Santa's elves are, it's the Post Office...

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Gifts That Give Back This Holiday Season

Posted 12.09.2011

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This week's Family Dinner Table Talk, from HuffPost and The Family Dinner book: As the year winds down and the presents pile up, it's easy to get c...

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Reliving The Second World War... On Twitter?

The Huffington Post | Sarah H. Lee | Posted 02.02.2012

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This week's Family Dinner Table Talk, from HuffPost and The Family Dinner book: It's not surprising to see celebrities make news on Twitter, but fa...

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Best Day-After-Thanksgiving Idea We've Heard Yet

Posted 11.25.2011

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This week's Family Dinner Table Talk, from HuffPost and The Family Dinner book: One of the best day-after Thanksgiving activities we’ve heard abo...

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A Day To Give Back And Volunteer With Your Kids

The Huffington Post | Sarah H. Lee | Posted 02.02.2012

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This week's Family Dinner Table Talk, from HuffPost and The Family Dinner book: As we head into the giving season, we'll be doling out all kinds of...

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Should Parks Ban Bottled Water?

The Huffington Post | Sarah H. Lee | Posted 02.02.2012

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This week's Family Dinner Table Talk, from HuffPost and The Family Dinner book: Parks are fun! And pretty. It's no secret, though, that our grassy,...

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How Much Water Does A Pair Of Jeans Use? A Family Dinner Table Talk

The Huffington Post | Sarah H. Lee | Posted 02.02.2012

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This week's Family Dinner Table Talk, from HuffPost and The Family Dinner book: Water -- it's in us, around us, good for us..., but sometimes we ta...

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Do We Need An Official "Food Day"?

The Huffington Post | Sarah H. Lee | Posted 02.02.2012

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This week's Family Dinner Table Talk, from HuffPost and The Family Dinner book: Yes, we all know it's Halloween -- a weekend of costumes, fake spid...

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The Importance Of The MLK Jr. Memorial

The Huffington Post | Sarah H. Lee | Posted 02.02.2012

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This week's Family Dinner Table Talk, from HuffPost and The Family Dinner book: Last weekend, the Martin Luther King, Jr. memorial finally got its ...

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What Mrs. Q Packs Her Son For Lunch

Posted 12.07.2011

Read More: Healthy Kids, Sarah Wu, Fed Up With Lunches, Parents-Childrens-Healthy-Lifestyle, Family Dinner Table Talk, Mrs Q, Parents News

This week's Family Dinner Table Talk, from HuffPost and The Family Dinner book: This week, a teacher who has been outing her school for serving “...

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