Everyone does seem to agree on a few salient points, no matter if they stand under the elephant or donkey banner. Kids and parents should spend time together. Family meals are important to kids' development. In the past everything was better. Now this extends to food in an obvious way.
Someone has to cook the family meals.
Chances are if you are reading this you are that chef. Just like thinking we should all look like supermodels, this is unrealistic, as is the belief that in the past women did all of this and changed into nice clothes for when their honeys came home from work and had the children cleaned up and shining for daddy. I needn't describe to you what I look like or what my kids look like at this moment. You look like this too. So let us set realistic goals for ourselves.