Food And The Family Room Make a rule that meals, snacks, and treats are not allowed in the family room, with a very occasional adults-only exception. Food should be confined to the kitchen. If we need entertainment while we eat, we can put a small TV or radio in the kitchen or confine ourselves to playlists and podcasts on our hand-held devices. It is easier to add an electronic device to the kitchen than to be constantly scrubbing sticky jelly fingerprints from the walls, vacuuming crumbs from the couch, washing juice stains from the rugs, and gathering dirty dishes from every corner of the
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