Sometimes the daily grind of family life can leave you feeling disconnected as a family. It could be that you retreated to your individual corners of the world to indulge in separate screen time. Or you got focused on the “list” instead of on each other while you ran a bunch of errands. Or maybe you rushed through the homework/dinner/bathtime routine because your eyes were on the prize at the end of it all: a glass of wine + couch + mindless TV. When this happens, your patience can run dry or your kids may stop cooperating – usually both. When our family is feeling that disconnect, one thing seems to have a magical power for bringing us back together with smiles and laughter… More