This is what a family is all about - one another, sitting around the table at night. And it's very, very important, I think, for the kid to spend time not only around the table eating with their parents, but in the kitchen.
I chose to stay close with my family and my parents and my brother.
When I was growing up, we always had a big family dinner at around noon on Sunday. I still love that whenever it is possible to gather the family together.
I never wanted to be away from the family. Intuitively, I knew how easily distances could harden and become permanent.
My mum, Kathy, works as a GP and my dad, Mark, was a high school maths teacher. He now manages mum's practice and is also my cricket coach. We are a close-knit family.
I've got two older sisters who I'm very close to. And my son's grown up with a big sense of family around him.
We had two children, who are still adored, they adore me and we're very close. Rayne was 20 years older than me. He died when he was 80, so he had a really good life.
My mom and I are very close.
Whenever we were on a plane, we had a family.
I have a great relationship with my kids. We're very honest with each other, and I'm very proud that we are absolutely, incredibly close. That to me is more important than anything.
I'm really close to my family, and we talk through things. My parents are so amazing, they're brilliant. We try to take one step at a time and be wise about the decisions we make and keep our values and the things that are important.
My sister lives in London, and I'm extremely close to her and her daughter.
I am living in Norway, where I am under the care of the best cancer doctor in Norway and I can be closer to my family.
I'm very close with my family, so my mom is part of my entourage.
I am quite close to my mother. In fact, I speak to her every day.
As my brother and I get older and busier, I really cherish the time we spend together.
My dad was a wonderful, wonderful person. Sadly, he had some demons. There is a silver lining in all of that. You live and learn, and it has brought my family closer together, so I'm grateful for that.
My immediate family is real close-knit.
If I can't go to my parents, then my parents come to me.
If you know me, you know my parents mean everything to me. I love them so much and am very close to them.
I've never had a very closely connected family. My parents split up when I was young and I was living with my mom for a little while, then I was kind of just on my own really young. It wasn't some kind of global tragedy, it was just never really a very close-knit family. So there was support in the sense that they didn't stand in my way.
My family always ate dinner at the table, and we would chat about our day while eating. My parents like to have a few glasses of wine and linger after the meal is over, peeling oranges for dessert while talking. It's lovely.
I love seeing my family.
It's great working with my sister, because we are very close as a family - my brother, my sister and myself. We have a great relationship.
In Brazil, you are very close to your family; we saw our cousins every weekend, and my grandmother lived with us.
