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Do you still eat dinner around the table as a family?
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Yes we do, most nights though on a Monday as the kids have swimming, I like them to have an earlier dinner so they will have theirs on their own and we will indulge ourselves and have ours on our knee in the living room later!
Have to say it has not improved our youngest's ability to make a mess at the table - he still spills something most nights and manages to get food everywhere. He is now 6 and a half and has been like this since he was a baby - we have managed to get him to stop eating soup with his fingers and putting his bowl upside down on his head when it is not quite empty, so there may be hope for him yet!
Have to say it has not improved our youngest's ability to make a mess at the table - he still spills something most nights and manages to get food everywhere. He is now 6 and a half and has been like this since he was a baby - we have managed to get him to stop eating soup with his fingers and putting his bowl upside down on his head when it is not quite empty, so there may be hope for him yet!
I think a family meal when ever possible is important - it's such a shame that modern houses are being built without dining rooms, and the norm is fast food on trays in front of the TV.
As advised, it's a great time to simply be together and talk to ech other.
We have convened at my parents-in-law's house for tea once a week for the last twenty-plus years, and I really look forward to it. As many as can make it get there, and we swap our stories and opinions - it's a great bonding experience.
As advised, it's a great time to simply be together and talk to ech other.
We have convened at my parents-in-law's house for tea once a week for the last twenty-plus years, and I really look forward to it. As many as can make it get there, and we swap our stories and opinions - it's a great bonding experience.
At home we always sit round the table and eat with our son (10) else he would eat on his own.
All our extended family are great ones for sitting round the table and eating and all my nieces and nephews (all under 12) are great conversationalists.
We also take him out to eat when we can afford it, Sunday lunch at a proper hotel restaurant every now and then so he knows about the 'niceties' like cutlery. My Mum did the same for us as she says she never had that opportunity and she found the first time she went to dinner in a restaurant she found it excrutiating as she didn't know what to do.
All our extended family are great ones for sitting round the table and eating and all my nieces and nephews (all under 12) are great conversationalists.
We also take him out to eat when we can afford it, Sunday lunch at a proper hotel restaurant every now and then so he knows about the 'niceties' like cutlery. My Mum did the same for us as she says she never had that opportunity and she found the first time she went to dinner in a restaurant she found it excrutiating as she didn't know what to do.
this is something I need to do with my daughter. We tend to have a tray on our laps and how many times have we spilled something or accidently knocked it?! I did say to her the other night that we need to because all we do is watch rubbish on the tv and it make me feel very uncomfortable.
We do eat at the table when family and friends come around.
OK, tonight we will!
We do eat at the table when family and friends come around.
OK, tonight we will!
My children are grown with families of their own but I'm pleased to say they are following the same pattern as we did with them - to sit round the table for EVERY meal, with no tv or other distractions. Even after they all left home my late husband and I continued to eat our meals together at the table and now I'm on my own I sit at the table for breakfast and dinner, at lunch I sit on my balcony (I now live in Spain) and enjoy the sunshine!
It's a great habit to get into and very important in stopping this isolation that seems to creep into people's lives.
It's a great habit to get into and very important in stopping this isolation that seems to creep into people's lives.
Yes we do and the kids can be taken anywhere because they have great table manners which are so sadly lacking these days. Forks on the left, knives on the right etc.
We do however know of a family not far from here where a plastic mat is laid on the lounge floor to be used as the their table and the kids, 2 years to 15 years old, sit or lay on the floor and eat whilst watching cartoons. They cannot be taken anywhere as anyone who knows them will not invite them.
We do however know of a family not far from here where a plastic mat is laid on the lounge floor to be used as the their table and the kids, 2 years to 15 years old, sit or lay on the floor and eat whilst watching cartoons. They cannot be taken anywhere as anyone who knows them will not invite them.
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