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I have a strict rule which I will break only for real emergencies—that my family sit down to dinner together at the dining room table every night. I mean, if we can’t eat at least one meal a day together, why do we even call ourselves a family? It’s our together time, the four of us around the table—telling jokes, sharing the news of our day. No TV, phone calls, video games, or books are allowed—-just face-to-face interaction. One of the kids’ favorite dinnertime conversations is what I call “remember when.” Someone will start it: “Remember when I was two, Dad, and got the flu and threw up on you?” (The grosser the better for the kids.) “Remember when you where trying to hit the golf ball in the living room and broke Mum’s best plant?” The half hour or so we spend together eating, talking, and laughing is what I remember most strongly when I look back over my life.