Family Dinner

I left home for college some eight years ago and have been living away from the nest ever since. But this summer I bit the bullet -- as so many Americans are doing during the recession -- and moved back in.

The actual Thursday comes, and Uncle Theophilis is right back there, but so is every last other body in the entire family, and some who used to be but show up no matter the divorce.

Eating meals together goes beyond the opportunity for bonding and relaxing. And despite the feeling that there's no time for such luxuries, 59% of fam...

Our plan follows a 2/2/2 theme: two hours of family dinner, with the family inviting two friends as guests, and with two subjects suggested for all to discuss.