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Author And Expert Shares Tips On How To Maximize Dinner Hour With Your Kids

STUDIO CITY (CBS) — Is juggling work and extracurricular schedules keeping you from connecting with your family?

Stephanie Allen, co-founder of Dream Dinners and co-author of New York Times best seller, "The Hour That Matters Most," visited the KCAL9 studio to share tips on how to make your family's dinner hour a communication power hour.

Nearly twenty percent of families count cell phone use among their major dinnertime disruptions.

Some parents simply need a little guidance on how to connect to their tweens.

"It is encouraging to see that many families are carving out the time to eat dinner together, but it's important to make sure to maximize this opportunity so that it is truly quality time," said Allen.

For more information, visit Dream Dinners online.

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