So, today is CASA Family Day, which encourages families to eat dinner together. CASA, the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University does Family Day to encourage parents to talk to their kids about substance abuse. A study by CASA says kids who eat dinner with their family are less likely to use alcohol, tobacco and marijuana.Until I left for college, my family ate dinner together at least 5 nights a week. That was a rule, especially enforced during the week. You’ve already heard about my mother and she always wanted us to eat dinner together whenever we could. It was family time: !.The Web site even provides tips on how to bring the family together, including a Family Dinner Kit that includes placemats and conversation starters, like:What is your favorite smell in the whole world? Me? Fresh cut grass. Is that weird?Using one word, how would you describe your family? Fun. Or lovable. Or lucky. One word answers are hard for me.What do you think is the greatest invention of all time? DVR, hands down. I love that thing. I could never again live without it. How else would I get my Mad Men fix while I work on [Sunday nights][12]? So, get your family together tonight and get your kids talking. And do it as often as you can. You never know what you could get through to them……as long as it doesn’t turn out like this. Do you have regular family dinners? What do you talk about? width=”500″ height=”333