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The Family Table & Money Talk

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The Family Table by: Susie Cover, Co-founder Susie's Supper Club There are a host of benefits associated with eating together as a family. The quality time leads to psychological and health advantages that have been touted…

Back-to-School Nutritious Snacks

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It's back-to-school time for most families, but for us it's a first. We can hardly believe time has zipped by so fast, and our baby girl isn't a baby any more. She's a "big girl" now, as she likes to remind...

What family traditions have you created for your kids?

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I'm a big fan of family traditions. I especially enjoy ones that my kids helped create. Amy I. posted last week about her Mother's/Father's Day tradition. She and her husband give each other illustrated children's books about moms and dads. I love this idea because it has a personal...

Crabmommy: While the kids sleep, the parents eat

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Who doesn't find dinnertime with small kids a tad trying? Actually, I don't. Because I don't eat with mine. And I've recently realized that what how we do it chez Crabfamily is a little unusual: most of my breeder friends eat with their kids.

Call me Victorian but, while I adore my child and find her fascinating and delightful much of the time, I have no desire to eat dinner with her.