“Your Kids Can Eat at Home,” My Dad Said—So When the Waiter Returned, I Stood Up

their simple buttered pasta in the back seat.

When I tucked Sophie into bed later that night, she asked with sleepy confusion, “Do we have to eat at home next time we go to a restaurant?”

I sat on the edge of her small bed, smoothing her hair back from her forehead. “No, baby. Next time we’re at a table, we eat at the table. That’s the rule now.”

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