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3 Questions to Ask at Dinner to Make Your Family Stronger

3 Questions to Ask at Dinner to Make Your Family Stronger

More and more research studies are concluding that regular dinners are the key to a happy, healthy family. Dinnertime is a great time to discuss how well your family is working. The Week highlights an agile approach to this (something we’ve seen similarly applied to parenting in general).

Taking excerpts from the book The Secrets of Happy Families, The Week quotes Scrum software developer Jeff Sutherland‘s approach:

The centerpiece of the program is a weekly review session built on the principle of "inspect and adapt."

Three questions get asked:

1. What things went well in our family this week?
2. What things could we improve in our family?
3. What things will you commit to working on this week?

You don’t have to actually fire off those questions directly like that, but those three things are good ones to discuss with your family on a regular basis. Just having regular dinners and meaningful conversations during them could improve just about everything parents worry about. If the agile approach isn’t for you, try the 10-50-1 formula also taken from the book:

10. Aim for ten minutes of quality talk per meal. .. 50. Let your kids speak at least half the time. … 1. Teach your kids one new word every meal.

Hit up the link below for lots more family bonding advice.

The secrets of happy families | The Week

Photo by Lars Plougmann.


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Fix Your Computer Hunch and Other Posture Problems in 30 Seconds

This one exercise can greatly improve your mobility and flexibility—and cure the many ills that come from sitting hunched in front of a screen all day. It takes just 30 seconds and you don’t need any equipment.

Max Shank teaches us how to do this move, called the Thoracic Bridge. It basically opens up your body and can help with pain and tightness in your shoulders, back, and hips. It looks a little weird to do, but when you get the hang of it, you should automatically feel the difference in your body’s alignment and posture. (Also, you don’t have to be as crazy acrobatic as Max in switching sides.)

There are lots of easy stretches you can do to correct your hunching and get all the benefits of better posture, but if you’re only going to do one thing, the Thoracic Bridge move is arguably the best one since it corrects so many issues in half a minute.

Thoracic Bridge Instructional Video: Improve your flexibility in 30 seconds | YouTube via James Clear


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I want to dip everything in this magic hydrocoating water paint

I want to dip everything in this magic hydrocoating water paint

Everything I own, everything I will buy, every fiber of my body, everything in this world should be dipped into water paint. The hydrocoating process is popular in weapons and helmets but really deserves to be shmeared all over the world. We might have to come up with better designs but I never want to use a paint brush to paint again.

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Photographing an African safari

Boston Globe Staff photographer Essdras M Suarez experienced a two week safari in Kenya and Tanzania this year. Here is a selection of what he captured and thoughts upon his return:
As a photojournalist, you’re always looking to capture moments that define life. In the wild, you’re witnessing life or death situations, and it’s a truly humbling experience. We’re used to living in a world where we humans are top predators and life is extremely safe. When you find yourself in an environment where you’re no longer the top predator, it puts things in perspective to see how and where we fall within the food chain. I never thought I’d be excited photographing nature, but I found myself completely entranced by the whole experience and I can’t wait to do it again. ( 27 photos total)

As the day comes to an end at a Serengeti National Park in Kenya, a herd of giraffes line up as they make their way away from the Savannah to the safety of the bush they will need during the night. (Essdras M Suarez/ EMS Photography)


    




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Photographing an African safari