Give a mum a fish and she won't have to feed her family takeaway tonight. Teach a mum to fish, and you'll be eating fish fingers every night for the next year. Sounds like your house? Then like novelist Meg Mason, you probably haven't quite mastered the family dinner yet. The author shares her weeknight woes and some tips for getting food on the table that your kids might actually - gasp - eat for once! Plus, what the heck are lawnmower parents? And the case for putting your phone down when in the company of little ones.

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With thanks to Meg Mason

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