Oh and about the school lunches — no I'm not in grade school anymore, but I can tell you that even when I had a lunch prepared for me, I still shared my friend's food and asked my friends to buy me pizza because it looked good. Just because you send your kids to school with a healthy meal doesn't necessarily mean they're going to eat that instead of the cafeteria food.

I definitely agree that it's more about the support a family gives the children growing up that makes the difference, not who/what the family consists of. Hugh sure knows a little something about support!

Phaedra Boinodiris – I must admit I have a new perspective on gaming. First, more women/ladies/girls are participating in gaming than I would have thought. Second, it seems the “gaming effect” on children and adults actually helps learning through improving kinesthetic & cognitive abilities. Sweet! Let the games begin.

Hugh Hollowell – This man has passion. And I have thought so many times as I drive by these lonely, huge homes (my imagination says they are most likely not containing any or very few persons) that no one would be sleeping in a hard, cold place if these people were able to open their hearts and home. I ask you, what would this take?

Seth Godin – All I can say is “YES!”, AND I am the Tribe Mama, and I love the implications.

Joel Wiggins – I would like to hear more from Joel. I was touched by his talk and his emotion. Perhaps Zack's pre-into comment influenced how I felt. I grew up in what he calls a traditional home, but I currently live in a non-traditional home. My grown daughters live under an umbrella of a non-traditional home. Although I can't argue that having a man and a woman, a father and a a mother bringing up children seems especially cozy and all-encompassing, I can say there are plenty of non-traditional families that do a damn good job! Non-traditional family tribe unite!

Ilina Ewen – Not having children in public schools (yay! for that) where lunch foods are an issue any longer I didn't feel in touch with this point. When my girls were in school I supplied a healthy brown bag lunch, so current information on this topic will need to be explored. I did have one “ouch” moment though. When Ilina spoke about the Hamburger Helper and the case of it that arrived due to her calling-out of the poorly made product. That her family refused to eat it, but that it was ok for the shelter or food banks, seemed to have an odd twist, since it is just that demographic that is falling into the unhealthy school lunch trap. Not sure if the right thing to do was to send it back, burn it or whatever. Just saying. I love, LOVE, love the idea of a family or date planning, gathering and making food together. These moments of togetherness are very special and have the ability to live on in memory. Yummy!