Small Things Count

Strengthen your marriage and family by pigging out!  Invite a few couples to your home for a potluck “TV dinner.”  Set up TV trays and a buffet-style dinner, have people load up their plates, then settle in to watch and discuss an informative video on an important issue.  Although the topic may be serious, like communication within families, marriage as a partnership, blending families, or surviving your kids’ teen years, the video should be entertaining while fueling discussion.  Be sure to stop it at intervals to let people talk about what they’ve heard.  (As host, preview it and make note where to stop if there are not built-in discussion-pauses.)  The informality of the situation encourages your friends to share their stories, and you’re likely to have at least as many laughs as serious comments.  By the end of this couples-evening you will be full—of good food, good talk, and ideas to enrich your family life.