Some time ago a woman watched passively as her kid whacked one of my boys with –fortunately– a foam yoga block on the forehead. The act was so violent that if her boy had been holding something harder in his hand when he had this explosion of temper, my boy might have needed stitches. I was surprised the mom wouldn’t do or say anything. I told her so. She responded that she wanted her child to learn about life by “natural consequences” and that she would never make him say he was sorry if he didn’t really mean it. Read More... I believe manners are important. Children need to learn how to say hello and goodbye, how to make introductions, how to give condolences. These are not skills that happen naturally. And speaking of manners, table manners are a huge part of the social skills a child needs to learn. Manners are not learned by reading books and taking tests. Table manners are learned by repetition – the kind of repetition that only happens when you sit down with your family to eat most evenings. Read more... Table manners is one reason, but there are many other reasons, you should eat together. I recorded a video about this. Watch it below to learn why you should want to have dinner with your kids at home most days: | 
