Amber Kinser, Ph.D.

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I've heard lots of talk over the years and a good bit of it recently, lamenting the decline of time around the dinner table.  And I get concerned about the mothers for whom a sit-down meal with multiple bowls of steaming food passed between family members seated together in the dining room amid lively and joyful conversation may be elusive.  Or may prove to be an immense amount of work with very little gratification.  Or may end up...   Read more