When you sit down around the table, it's a great time to catch up and share and talk about the day, and I think that can keep families connected and together.
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We have dinner every single night, Monday through Friday, with our children. We sit down around 6 or 6:30 and it's a family dinner - it's time to check in, just to be around each other.
It's a wonderful time when you sit down around the table for dinner and discuss life. No matter where you are, it gives the semblance of normalcy to my crazy world.
A proper family diary with everyone's events and parties in it really helps organise the household.
My kids and I are spending time together. And we're enjoying that. Family is important; I was gone a lot in the 20 years of public service.
I absolutely love spending time with my family.
Families need to have a time when they can cook together. They can eat at the table and you can look eye-to-eye. Phones are put away and there are no interruptions. And what you do is concentrate on each other. Listen to what they have to say, and let them listen to you.
When I was growing up, my mother worked, and in the evenings, the whole family would sit around the dinner table and recount the day.
I have a big family, and I spend a lot of time with them.
Back in the old days, when I was a child, we sat around the family table at dinner time and exchanged our daily experiences. It wasn't very organized, but everyone was recognized and all the news that had to be told was told by each family member. We listened to each other and the interest was not put on; it was real.
This is what a family is all about - one another, sitting around the table at night. And it's very, very important, I think, for the kid to spend time not only around the table eating with their parents, but in the kitchen.
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