tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10246709.post6940869524842313320..comments2023-12-22T19:52:13.198-05:00Comments on Fernham: Still Life, February 6, 2008Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03281027116636227323noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10246709.post-83446414885779738902008-03-16T10:51:00.000-04:002008-03-16T10:51:00.000-04:00hi anne:i heard a subsequent npr piece on research...hi anne:<BR/><BR/>i heard a subsequent npr piece on research on the "family dinner." turns out what's useful, according to this study, for kids about the "family dinner" is the back-and-forth talk that some "family dinners" might encourage, but that is of course available in other moments. the kind of critical thinking that you describe #1 already demonstrating ("MY memory is WIDER"). or, as in what lizzie told lewis yesterday, describing his parenting style (and when would i have ever tried THAT?), "rules, rules, rules."<BR/><BR/>love<BR/>lisaSam Grossmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07749999875481327561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10246709.post-66462112610735419172008-02-07T09:47:00.000-05:002008-02-07T09:47:00.000-05:00One thing I remember from my childhood is that one...One thing I remember from my childhood is that one needs a break from family dinners too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10246709.post-59532288952892425242008-02-06T21:48:00.000-05:002008-02-06T21:48:00.000-05:00Don't sigh. Sometimes you need those quiet downti...Don't sigh. Sometimes you need those quiet downtime evenings -- and so do the kids. It's dinner every night in the back seat of the van, out of a fastfood bag, running from one overscheduled event to the next that is killer.Anne Camillehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12419931136194330529noreply@blogger.com