[The key to success with young children is keeping expectations low. Eating together with a 2-year-old is a brief affair, but by 4 a child can sit longer, share information, and listen to someone else.] The younger children are when you start this, the more it becomes part of what you do as a family. Over time, it becomes a haven within the family, ... The meal itself becomes symbolic of what a family does for its members: You nourish each other.
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