Aviva Goldfarb The Washington Post

Let your teen decide how involved or uninvolved in the cooking process they want you to be.

Would you let your 2-year-old use a chef's knife? Many people think that sounds not just dangerous, but insane.

"Developing a healthy diet is critical while still in childhood as lifestyle changes become increasingly difficult to adopt with age"

Is family dinner really a silver bullet? We've all read, or at least heard about, the correlation between family dinners and improved physical and emotional health of our kids, better grades and social skills, and avoidance or delay in risky behavior like drugs, alcohol and early sexual activity.

Let your teen decide how involved or uninvolved in the cooking process they want you to be.

Would you let your 2-year-old use a chef's knife? Many people think that sounds not just dangerous, but insane.

"Developing a healthy diet is critical while still in childhood as lifestyle changes become increasingly difficult to adopt with age"

Is family dinner really a silver bullet? We've all read, or at least heard about, the correlation between family dinners and improved physical and emotional health of our kids, better grades and social skills, and avoidance or delay in risky behavior like drugs, alcohol and early sexual activity.