Food time one that is anticipated by all because it is one time that we regain lost energy and nutrients is added to our body. My son defines food as anything we eat or drink which helps us to grow. There are different varieties of food, this includes the liquid and the solid food that we eat on a daily basis.
Every home do have their pattern of eating of which there is no particular pattern that is the best. Every family just go with what works well for them, more to that is the economic situation that we find ourselves in. Some families eat three times in a day while some families go for twice a day while others find it so difficult to go for one meal. One other thing that affects the eating method of the family is the kind of job they do at home. I know of some families that they eat in the money and everyone faces the days work then eat lunch in their different location and return home to take dinner but not the same time. There is another family that it works well for them to eat separately in the morning but they all return home before night and afford to eat together which is what works well for them.
My family falls into the last category though it is not a daily practice. Because my family is a young family so we'll have all the time to stay together and do most of the things together. In the morning everyone eats as the kids gets ready for school, the in the afternoon we may not be able to wait for them to return from school before lunch so we eat when they return from school they eat theirs too.
Coming to dinner, in most cases we eat together as I enjoy to feed them myself so as to make sure they have a good quantity. This I do not that the kids can't feed themselves at their age but because I just want to monitor the quantity they eat and make sure that they eat well. You know there are lots of factors around this, most times kids don't focus to eat as they will want to play around while they feed which will in turn reduce the quantity of food they may consume and when this becomes a regular practice it will go ahead to affect their health and general productivity.
During dinner we all eat from the same plate. During this time their are habits that we get to correct at this time. Maybe they learnt a thing or two which is not consistent with the family lifestyle or a good moral so we get to correct it.
This time too we get to discuss and enjoy ourselves as a family and we have stronger bounds too. It is also a time that patience is built, take for instance a child that likes to rush his meal, we get to correct that because it is not a good habit to grow with. My kids get to flow with themselves when they go out I may say it is partly because we teach them to love and care for themselves from home. This also have a way of affecting how the kids relate with people outside. There are people who don't know how to relate gently with other kids outside because that was not the life that was taught from home.
In all these, there are times when my son will insist on eating alone, well some times I let him be and at other times I insist he eats with his sister or wait so we all eat together. By this I teach him that it is not always one will have his way. This too is a form of discipline as we discussed in our last contest and it is not always easy to come by but I insist and he don't have a choice than to dance to my sound.
The style we have built in my home is one that I don't wish to chance especially now that we are still young. If there is any reason to change the method we will get to understand that as time progresses.
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