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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Feed your kids leftovers from the night before at 4pm right after school.  Schoolkids are cranky after school but don’t eat a large amount.  Then a banana or yogurt right before bed.  Bath is 6:30 here bedtime is 7:30.  [/quote]

So you skip dinner with your kids?  To me that is a non-negotiable, an integral part of parenting.  Totally unnecessary sacrifice.  [/quote]

+a million. I grew up having family dinner every night at 6pm. I have no special memories from this, but a million other special childhood memories. My family now is very close but for a variety of reasons we don’t have a sit down family dinner together every night. It’s not a big deal at all.

DP, and for us, sleep was the nonnegotiable. We had family dinner because it was a nice way for us to catch up with each other, but there are other ways to catch up with each other -- family breakfast, family walk, family game night -- and families need to find the ones that work best for them and let go of the notion that there's One Best Way for every family to connect.

Giving up the things that don't work isn't a sacrifice. [/quote][/quote]

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