10 Good Mealtime Habits
by Good meal time habits are always appreciated and there are so many social benefits too! Not only are you preparing yourself for eating outside, but you are building up family relationships through the list I’ve given.
Be it breakfast, lunch or dinner or maybe just tea time, good meal time habits are always essential because not only do they reflect you as a person, but it is a good time for everyone to bond and build relationships. But with every family and every meal, there are a set of things that nearly every family might do wrong and these set of tips just promote good habits that we must all inculcate the next time we have a meal with our families or friends just for the betterment of ourselves as individuals.
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Always eat together as a family.
Many families with young children, older persons or teenagers will know that a lot of times, meals have to be brought to the person’s room but try not to encourage this and have at least one meal that the entire family eats together. Preferably make this dinner because if it is breakfast, family members might be hurrying up to get to school or work and lunch might be spent at the school or work place so try going for a family dinner together. Encouraging a good family dinner means that the family learns to bond together and members who like to be in isolation most of the time are pulled into the family too.
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Promote good dinner time chat.
It is no use getting your entire family to sit around the dinner table if it feels awkward because no one is talking. Teenagers and children might even turn against you because of this. Try to talk to everyone asking what they’ve been up to the whole day, whether or not they like the food, what they could change in it and just keep the conversation flowing.
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Never watch TV whilst eating meals.
That is probably one of the worst things you can do because sometimes, you are just so engrossed watching the telly that you don’t know what you are eating. I know it sounds strange but part of good meal time habits is that you concentrate on your food and appreciate what you are eating. Also, the telly will prevent good meal time chat and you are only going to bond with the TV rather than with the rest of the family.
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Get the family cooking.
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Post Commentraman13
On August 30, 2009 at 8:19 am
Good and interesting stuff
Marvelous
Best Regards
Jenny Heart
On August 30, 2009 at 8:32 am
Well done with great pictures as well. like it!
Lostash
On August 30, 2009 at 9:27 am
Good advice! Eating together as a family is something of a dying ritual I fear too.
Francy
On August 30, 2009 at 9:30 am
well done
Keeps sharing
Darla Cooke
On August 30, 2009 at 11:00 am
Great meal time habits!
Collette Edwards
On August 30, 2009 at 2:14 pm
eating one meal together as a family brings everyone closer and promoted family time well done good topic
Littlekid137
On August 30, 2009 at 2:41 pm
Yes this is very right. My mom is very dinner oriented and she thinks that eating as a family is really the only chance where we can sit down as a family and talk about our days and not be stressed out about anything to come.
Guy Hogan
On August 30, 2009 at 10:45 pm
This is excellent advice. Because of the crazy schedules that different people in a family may work (swing shifts, night shifts, day light and so on) eating a meal together may be impossible; but the idea of eating together is great.
Ruby Hawk
On August 30, 2009 at 11:13 pm
You are certainly giving some very good advise. And it is wonderful for all the family to sit down and eat a meal together if at all possible.
giftarist
On August 30, 2009 at 11:28 pm
Nice set of tips…Thanks for sharing
cutedrishti8
On August 31, 2009 at 12:16 am
Nice to share this one…
Joie Schmidt
On August 31, 2009 at 1:06 am
Very, very good tips!
Blessings.
Sincerely,
-Liane Schmidt.
simplyoj
On August 31, 2009 at 4:51 am
Thanks for this article. Ouch! sometimes I eat in front of the telli.
cutedrishti8
On August 31, 2009 at 10:07 am
Nice one to share….great work
Shamanz
On August 31, 2009 at 2:57 pm
good one Aitkins! My family follows the same rules. We used to watch tv while eating, but now we just sit and chat and eat. =)
Thanks for sharing and constantly reviewing my work. You’re Great!
CA Johnson
On August 31, 2009 at 7:17 pm
These tips are great Atikins! My family doesn’t eat together the way we should. The only time we are all together is during holidays or if we eat out. My family could really benefit from this list. Great job!