For generations, well-meaning parents have resorted to an arsenal of food rules, including “clean your plate before you leave the table,” to try to get their children to eat a well-balanced diet. “My ...

As a parent, I used to think that enforcing the "clean plate club" was just part of the gig. I mean, who hasn't heard the old adage about starving kids in other parts of the world? But after countless ...

Growing up, most of the time, my whole family would sit down for dinner together. It was time to catch up on the day; time to talk about our school day, or fun plans we had coming up. While I couldn’t ...

Growing up, Jo Hayes ate dinner at the same time in the same way every night — at 6:30 p.m. on the dot, at a properly set table and right after the evening news. Her mother, father and all six kids ...

Darron Cardosa is a food service professional with over 30 years of restaurant experience. He has written more than 1,500 articles and blog posts about the hospitality industry, including for Food & ...

Why do we spend a fortune to take our babies and young children to Disney and other vacations that they won’t even remember? We get into that debate today on Maggie and the Moms. Plus, is it smart to ...