Mealtimes are opportunities to connect and learn from each other.
For more than 40 years, Lynn and Pat Panter have been hosting family dinner on Sundays."It's funny, this is just something we have always done," says Lynn Panter. "When our children were little, we had Sunday dinner. As they got older, we kept on doing it.
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Make your family stronger by sharing what you know about each other.
Do you know where your grandparents grew up, where your parents went to school or how they met and fell in love? Do you remember sitting around the dinner table or hearing extended family sharing stories about the past, perhaps over the holidays? Stories like, “When I was your age, we walked five miles uphill in the snow to get to school.”Although this information might have seemed frivolous and useless at the time, you might want to rethink the importance of those stories at extende…
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Knowing what to look for can help keep your young adult safe.
The former professional athlete sat in the therapist’s office, sobbing. He and his wife had taken away their daughter’s cellphone the day before. While watching television that night, a picture of the boy their daughter was “talking” to popped up.
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The Value of Family Meals
For more than 40 years, Lynn and Pat Panter have been hosting family dinner on Sundays."It's funny, this is just something we have always done," says Lynn Panter. "When our children were little, we had Sunday dinner. As they got older, we kept on doing it.
Teaching Family History
Do you know where your grandparents grew up, where your parents went to school or how they met and fell in love? Do you remember sitting around the dinner table or hearing extended family sharing stories about the past, perhaps over the holidays? Stories like, “When I was your age, we walked five miles uphill in the snow to get to school.”Although this information might have seemed frivolous and useless at the time, you might want to rethink the importance of those stories at extende…
Love Shouldn’t Hurt: Teen Dating Abuse
The former professional athlete sat in the therapist’s office, sobbing. He and his wife had taken away their daughter’s cellphone the day before. While watching television that night, a picture of the boy their daughter was “talking” to popped up.