I know some people get up in arms about families eating dinner separately, but honestly, I can’t say the mid-bite “How was school?” question really helped our family to profoundly connect.
“I don’t know,” my sisters and I would mutter, either devouring or half-heartedly picking at the meal depending on its quality.
That checks out with what Pamela Li, M.S., founder and editor-in-chief of Parenting for Brain, told Good Housekeeping; “Most children say ‘I don’t know’ when asked the...