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RASPBERRY_TART
9/10/07 8:55 A
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My kids are just used to eating dinner as a family- that is the way I have always done things and I can't imagine it any other way. I cook a nice meal and everyone sits down to eat, that is just the way it is.
My kids do have a lot of activities that take up time, and so I do have to carefully schedule dinner. For example, I know that on Tuesdays I have a one-hour time period where everyone will be home, so that is when I serve dinner. Some days we eat really early, some days really late, depending on everyone's schedule.
Once in awhile, someone's schedule will just not allow them to be at home for a reasonable dinner-time. That is the exception, though, and it doesn't happen often.
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We always tried to eat at home. I now only have one daughter at home and she does gymnastic an hour away for 4 hour a day 5-6 days a week. We don't get home until 9-10 so we have a lot of Crockpot or my husband has started cooking. We still wait to eat together when we get home.
Beth
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I only have a 3 and 5 year old but they help me pick out what is for dinner and sometimes help me out with it. I know a 9 year old is much different but giving her the option to choose may help!
I also came from a family where it was not a choice. It was just known that you were expected to be at the dinner table.
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For my family growing up, it was just the way things were. Everyone ate together when we could.
Even now that I am married, we go back and have dinner with my parents every Sunday, and its such a great time to talk and stay close to all of my siblings.
Good luck!
Jen
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I guess, for my family the key is flexibility.
My family eats meals together when we are together. We have lots of night meetings and activities which sometimes mean we have to adjust our meal time. Or if we aren't all home, whoever is home eats together. One thing we have done from the beginning since we have lots of night meetings is eat shortly after 5:00 which to some is early. But, then we can eat, get things cleaned up and go where we need to go by 7:00. We even get homework done after supper.
My kids are 11 and 13. Sometimes when my husband and I are eating something I know they won't eat, I'll fix another option for the meal that they will eat. For instance tonight my husband and I had vegetable lasagna and salad and the kids had pizza.
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Unfortunately my husband is a truck driver and gone 90% of the time but the girls and I do eat our dinner together. I am afraid that when Lani (9 yrs old) gets a little older she is going to have other ideas and I am not sure how to keep the dinnertime a family thing. Does anyone have any ideas on how I can keep this going?
Valerie
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