{"id":2096,"date":"2018-06-15T07:18:38","date_gmt":"2018-06-15T14:18:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/adlibmom.com\/?p=2096"},"modified":"2018-06-18T16:15:08","modified_gmt":"2018-06-18T23:15:08","slug":"how-to-make-family-meals-a-priority","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adlibmom.com\/index.php\/2018\/06\/15\/how-to-make-family-meals-a-priority\/","title":{"rendered":"Why You Need to Make Family Meals a Priority and How to do it"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\u201cSharing a family meal is good for the spirit, the brain and the health of all family members.” (Dr. Anne K. Fishel) <\/span><\/p>\n

Do you sit at your dining room table and eat with your family?  <\/span>How many times a week do you sit down together for a meal?<\/p>\n

Over the past three decades, family time at the dinner table and family conversation in general has declined by more than 30%. Yikes! <\/span><\/p>\n

While I’m at school waiting to pick up my kids I hear (yes, I’m eavesdropping, lol) a lot of moms talking about their busy schedules. When I listen to them It seems as though that they don\u2019t even have time to breathe. They talk about how all the kids are in different activities at different times of the day. They don’t have time for dinner so they go through the drive-thru and they all eat in the car on their way to dropping off their children at different locations. <\/span><\/p>\n

Does this sound familiar? So does having dinner together sound like an unattainable reality due to your schedule? <\/p>\n

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I grew up eating dinner with my family every night. I never thought about it since it was the norm in my household. When I was in high school I remember sitting at the lunch table and my friends and I started talking about dinner. I told them I ate dinner with my parents and sister every night and what I heard back has stuck with me 25 years later! They said almost in unison \u201cyou are so lucky!\u201d<\/strong> I asked them what they did for dinner. This is what they said… \u201cI just grab whatever I want and eat in my room,\u201d \u201cmy mom never cooks,\u201d and \u201cwe fill up our plates and sit where ever we want, we don\u2019t really talk.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n

Wow! I felt so sad for my friends. <\/span><\/p>\n

Let\u2019s talk about\u2026<\/p>\n

Why is the table so important?<\/h2>\n

It is where…<\/strong><\/p>\n