Families need to have a time when they can cook together. They can eat at the table and you can look eye-to-eye. Phones are put away and there are no interruptions. And what you do is concentrate on each other. Listen to what they have to say, and let them listen to you.

You don't look at each other on the subway.

This is the first time the town has looked at [the zoning ordinance] comprehensively since 1971.

You get nothing done if you don't listen to each other.

Thin people release the fork, and they chew the food with the fork on the table. They chew their food slowly. They look around at each other or the wall or a picture. They listen to the music. They sit back and take a breath. They do something other than concentrate on shoving the food into their body.

Don't listen to what other people say about you negatively!