Question of the Day: Day 184
Does your family eat dinner together every night? Do you think it makes any difference whether or not families spend "quality" time together?
posted by Michelle at 8:16 AM
Monday, July 03, 2006
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5 Comments:
I don't always have dinner with my kids, sometimes I just sit and talk to them while they eat - I don't usually eat dinner.
I can tell the difference when I do sit down with them, and when I don't.
When I sit with them they are more relaxed and less likely to squabble with each other, not only during dinner, but for the rest of the evening.
"Quality" is a word that without circumstance has no useful definition. The "quality" of a thing can be permanently worthless; or permanently fixed in
uplifting, striving, learning, loving, splendid, compassionate,
rewarding, determined sculpture...
endlessly seeking a good and merciful coexistance with all the blessings that this life has to offer. It's all about the quantity;
of time, of effort, of prayerful
sharing of each other. There is no "quality" of lasting permanently memorably useful life to pass along without the investment of our precious time.
Just an FYI for the kids: we know that people can spend hours in the same room together and not interact al all.
The word "quality" has been used in the recent news and refers to actively engaged and free-flowing communication between family members.
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My family eats dinner together 3-4 nights of the week but not every night in the summer time. In the winter time we tend to eat together 5-6 times per week.
I think that it is important to sit down together and talk to one another and share what's going on in our lives with the people that we care about and live with.
I can see a positive difference in my sons when we are spending more "quality" time together!
At my home, family members & I, sit down to eat together a couple of times a week.
To write any more than this would be to echo Michelle's words. Hi-five Michelle.
too me eating with family is always an excellent idea beacuse it should be the time that the whole family should sit down and communcate with one another. if the kids just take there food and head to there room they will start to with draw themselves from you as well as there siblings. that causes them to get involved with drugs achool and many other things. dont get me wrong tho everyone needs there own personal space especially when they are a teenager, but taking the time to cook or even take out with your family at night can mean so much more. when doing so make sure cells phone are not present, t.v is turned off and gameboys are out of sight. when i sit at the table with my foster family we dont always talk about whats going on in our personal lives but it doesnt hurt to share. we try to just have fun crack a few jokes and talk about life in general.
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