Hi
I'm interested to know if people sit and eat their evening meal as a family and the effects this has on behaviour, manners etc.
I have ds 6 and dd 2 and only ever really managed to get all 4 of us eating together at weekends up until now.
I am a bit ashamed to say it but the dc normally eat at the table about 5.00 and I stick the tv on for them so I can do some much needed jobs in the kitchen. Me & dh then eat about 7.15 by which point I am ravenous!
This week dh is away and I have tried eating with them although I do find 5.00 a bit early. It felt worthwhile though as I was able to help both with their cutlery technique and keep more of a close eye on how much they were eating. Ds and I even had a nice little chat without the tele blaring out.
I'm feeling bad not making this a regular thing as my family always ate together and I look back on it as a nice thing to do. I'm just trying to figure out if I could make it work on week nights what with dh preferring to eat later and not wanting to let the dc get over hungry and grumpy as a result.
What do other people do please and do you think it makes a difference possibly to their behaviour/manners if you do sit with them?
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Eating meals as a family
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Jemster · 29/04/2014 19:36
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