The statistics are clear: kids who dine with the folks are healthier, happier and better students, which is why a dying tradition is coming back. Read the entire Time Magazine article.
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Tue, Jun 27, 2006
The statistics are clear: kids who dine with the folks are healthier, happier and better students, which is why a dying tradition is coming back. Read the entire Time Magazine article.
June 28th, 2006 at 3:34 pm
My kid’s friends often come over around dinner time and look as though they are floating on air as they walk through the door towards the kitchen, letting their noses guide them. Of course they are invited to eat with us because even though we are on a darn tight budget, we seem to have extra food, even when I plan it pretty close. They always comment on how great the food is and how ‘cool’ it feels when we all sit down together to eat.
Growing up, my family always ate together at the same time, same food, because my mom was definitely not a short order cook. If we didn’t like it, which was not uncommon, we either starved or choked it down. Looking back I realize it wasn’t gourmet food or even special stuff that we ate, it was the fact that it was consistent and nourishing. (Lots of soups and home made wheat bread) To this day most of my siblings, spouses and kids get together every other Sunday for dinners or chocolate chip cookies and milk. We sit around the table as adults late into the evening, I believe, because my parents set the example that a family that eats together stays together! Thank you so much Mom and Dad.