How important is it to eat dinner together as a family?

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   cyoung35posted 13 years ago

   How important is it to eat dinner together as a family?
   
   Do you think it's important to sit at the same table without cell phones and TV to eat dinner as a family? Why or why not?

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   MsDoraposted 13 years ago

   These days family members hardly look at each other, or talk face to face.  Dinner time is an especially good time for enjoy food and fellowship together.  Call it a daily family date!

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   Vicki99posted 13 years ago

   It is very important that families eat dinner together as often as possible. Obviously it is not possible to eat every night together with teenagers. With obligations such as jobs and sports it can be difficult, but eating together helps to strengthen familial bonds while allowing parents the chance to know what goes on in thier children's lives.

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   freecampingaussieposted 13 years ago

   Yes , families need to spend time together to stay close and be there to help one another and mealtimes is a great time to turn off the phones, tv etc and enjoy each others company .
   There needs to be some flexability such as a teenager might have an evening out or a parent works late now & then but try keep to a family meal where possible .

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   GoCrazyposted 13 years ago

   the main reason is learning and socializing. Children should learn how to behave at the table watching at parent's behavior. All the dinner habits will help them in society when they will leave parents house. Also dinner together can become a great tradition and good reason for a daily family reunion. Dutch families has got such traditions and they seem very happy.

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   shea duaneposted 13 years ago

   When I was a child, my mother never sat at the dinner table with us. Now I know it was because she didn't want to be a part of our family anymore. Today, I make sure we eat together as a family because I want everyone to know how much I want to be a part of my family. I think it is important.

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   jg555posted 13 years ago

   I think more than the meal and the communicating, it shows that the family is a family, which is good.

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   Danette Wattposted 13 years ago

   Absolutely! When my kids were growing up, we never had the tv or radio on, we talked to them, asked them about their days, discussed events, etc. It's important to have that face to face connection and to touch base. Especially with teenagers, it's tough to communicate agendas and schedules just by notes and messages.
   
   Being at the table together also gives practice for social graces, making small talk, good manners and so on.

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   beautyspot2010posted 13 years ago

   Very, it is a special time of the day when you can all sit down together and discuss your days, communication within a family is very important and many of us forget that

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