I believe in
sitting down at the table for dinner, with my family. I think we should so this
as often as possible. My family did this every night that we were all home
together. My Mom has always said that you can tell how your kids are doing by
sitting down at the table for dinner. She would always watch our actions or
listen to how we were talking about how our day went. There were many nights I
didn’t feel like talking to my parents at the dinner table. If I had problems
at school, and by problems I mean girl drama, my Mom would always know right
away something was going on. She may not say anything at the table since my Dad
and older brother was there, but later before bed she’s come into my bedroom
and ask me what was wrong. I didn’t understand then how she could know I was
having a bad day, but having kids of my own know, I understand. Although my
boys aren’t old enough now to have social drama in their lives, I can still
tell a lot by sitting down with them. While they are eating, I just sit back
and observe. If they aren’t eating good then they may not be feeling well, like
when I look across the table and notice that my oldest has dark circles under
his eyes, I know that his allergies/ sinuses are bothering him. It’s just
amazing what you can notice from 20 minutes at the table with your family.
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I think this is a marvelous idea! It's one that is over looked by a lot of people, and to be honest, I don't think about it. This would be perfect to connect with your family. I was raised differently. I would eat alone in my bedroom, and my dad would eat in front of the T.V. in the living room. I think we would've been much closer if we had been with each other more often. I liked this post, nice job!
ReplyDeleteWe always ate at the dinner table growing up. And like you said it was a time for the whole family to get together and talk about the days events. My mom would listen closely and if she seen a problem should would do the same thing. She would stop by latter so we could get the junk out and unstress. I miss eating togehter like that. It seems as life went on and got busier we as people sometimes take the convience of a eat and run instead of eat and relax.
ReplyDeleteMy family used to be like this. But with all the sports activities and school events we never have time to just sit down and talk at the dinner table anymore. It's kind of sad because I never know what is going on in my family member's lives because we don't sit down and talk about those things anymore. It's just one event to another anymore.
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