Eating Habit : As a Family

Posted by Dexie

These days, everybody is busy. Multi-Tasking is such a popular word. I myself is proud to be a multi-tasking Mom. You can't be the latter and not be a Multi-tasker. Unfortunately, some families neglect the importance of sitting down in a dining table together to enjoy their meals as a family. Truth be told, I've never understood how any family could eat separately. One rule in my house is that we always sit in the dining table when it's dinner time. With breakfast, everything goes pretty much since hubby goes to work and my son goes to school. It's different on the weekends though coz that's when we indulge in our traditional weekend breakfast. For lunch, it's the same case with breakfast. Weekends are just totally different from weekdays. When it comes to dinner time, unless Mommy(aka ME) says it's ok to eat in the living room, we all eat together at the dining table. The few times we eat in the living room, we're usually having burgers(homemade or fastfood) or pizza(homemade or delivered).

Once the dinner table is set, my son leads the prayer, then we talk a little bit about what went on with our days. According to Anne Lindsey,

"I think it's extremely important that a family sits down around a table, has their meal together rather than on the go. When you eat together you enjoy the family, find out what everyone's done that day and children also learn table manners and pick up your values. It's where families can enjoy time together."

I agree wholeheartedly. With the busy world we live in, it's very important that we instill this in our kids. Being a mother who loves to cook, I want our food savored and shared not be turned into another chore that we have to do then go on with our days. Going to restaurants shouldn't be the only time a family sits down to eat together.

Another article related to this important topic is here: Family Mealtimes, More than just eating Together.

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