So I have this crazy belief that your dinner table is the most important thing in a house. I know what your thinking BLASPHEMY!! Get this guy kicked off the internet, he must be living in a cave somewhere eating granola and wearing Birkenstocks.
Don’t get me wrong I watch tv on the regular, in fact the women’s World Cup is on in the back ground right now. I’m just saying that we could benefit from turning that thing off and putting the phones down and gathering around the dinner table and sharing a healthy meal. That’s right I said it the family dinner table is the most important thing in a house. I hope after such a ridiculous statement you will stick around and read this through the end.
Sitting down and sharing a communal meal with family and friends is one of the best ways to start and finish your day and do this thing called talking. It’s where you ask what happened with someone’s day or pass down values and wisdom that might have a profound impact on someone’s life.
Family meal time has seen a decline by 30% over the past three decades. This is just my opinion but I believe this decline in family meal time has been the catalyst for poor nutrition and family values.
It’s fine if you don’t believe me, I don’t blame you. I’m the guy who said you should turn off the television. But here’s some things that The American College of Pediatrics found in a recent research article.
Children who eat at the dinner table with their parents/guardians more often then not are more likely to…
Get better grades, have an increased vocabulary, better nutrition habits, decreased likelihood of becoming obese and an overall better relationship with their parents/guardians.
Conversely here’s a couple more things your kids will be less likely to…
Use drugs, drink alcohol, be depressed or engage in sexual behaviors.
I know it isn’t easy to gather up the family and put a hot meal on the dinner table without the tv or cell phones trying to sabotage the meal. But that little bit of hard work and starting the trend of a consistent family meal is well worth the effort.
I know I would like to have a healthy relationship with my successful kids and if having a meal and talking about our day makes them less likely to do drugs and fall into the negative slide of peer pressure, then missing the sports report is well worth it in the end.
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Ha! I wholeheartedly agree. I say this as I’m chillin on my phone, while my kid watches TV (educational) while eating his oatmeal and apple. I’m in the mood for a change. I guess I’ll have to go buy a table for our itty bitty condo. Thanks for the inspiration! 😁🤞😁🤞
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Lisa. Thanks so much for the message. I am still figuring this whole blogging thing out and didn’t notice the message. It isn’t always easy to eat dinner with Benji and his 3 year old shenanigans but noting worth while is ever easy. I want to see a picture of that table when you get it.
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Hey man this is a good point. Il be honest im all for kids and technlogy but i hugely agree with some family time were everyone just focuses on eachother. We already do this on a Sunday as my daughter is only 2 so its the only day that we have dinner at teh same time s her but 100% a habit to make daily as she grows up.
The truth is that In the world that our kids are growing up in it is likely to be the only time of day that a family will it together and interact in person anyway!
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