Comments on: Dinner together – do you do it? (Sponsored)

By: The Ragu Panel recap

The Ragu Panel recap — Wed, 25 May 2011 17:10:00 +0000

[...] Dinner together – do you do it? [...]

By: Laura

Laura — Fri, 15 Apr 2011 00:52:48 +0000

We eat as a family as often as we can (which is actually most nights of the week). While there is a lot of research expressing the benefits of this, that’s not why we do it. Habit is probably number 1. Then comes the fact that it is our one time to sit and enjoy each others’ company. Food is always a plus. My kids are still young, so I also do it on purpose to encourage good eating habits while introducing new (healthy) foods. I hate cooking. Hate it. Always have, always will. But I do it because I care about what goes into my family’s bellies. I want to teach them now so that when life is 100 times more hectic for all of us, they will at least have a good foundation of what is healthy for their bodies and (hopefully) will treasure eating dinner with the rest of their family.

By: Noelle

Noelle — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 18:51:00 +0000

While the idea of all having a family meal every night is lovely, it’s not realistic for many families today and I personally think mom’s need to relax a little about the whole sit down dinner thing. I grew up where we all sat down to dinner every night at 6:00 but that was also the ONLY time we all sat down together. Times have changed. Parents I know now have very different schedules from when I was young and the all moms in my neighborhood stayed home and all the dads worked until 5:00. But lots of today’s parents spend more active and chill time with their kids then when we were young. In the end, the most important thing is for families to make time to be together and to relax together. If it doesn’t happen at the dinner table, I think that’s okay as long as that special connection and open communication is maintained.

By: kim/hormone-colored days

kim/hormone-colored days — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 17:08:28 +0000

I’m mostly commenting to say that I love that your sponsorship disclosure is so clear and upfront–right in title. I’d much rather proceed knowing this than feel like I was tricked into reading an advertorial.

I also like Christine and Kim (and you), so I was happy to listen in on your chat. As a veteran mom, I have to day, my teen and tween boy still need to be reminded to stay in their seats, but with older kids the bigger challenge is coordinating after school lessons, sports, etc. so that we can all share a meal together.

By: Erin Shakespear

Erin Shakespear — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 04:07:07 +0000

We have dinner together almost every night of the week! I love it. We eat around 6 usually and one of our favorite things to do is called Best, Funniest, Worst. We go around the table and each of us shares something about our day that falls into each catergory. It’s great to hear about the kids’ day. And my 3 yo doesn’t totally get the concept of “worst” since she’ll say something like, “My Worst is I got to make dinner with mom.” ha!

By: The Mommy Therapy

The Mommy Therapy — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 19:56:20 +0000

I desperately wish we all ate together, even 4 nights a week but it rarely happens. My husband works late almost every night, my kids go to bed early (primarily a routine started because I was always alone and the sooner the day was done, the better for me) and I usually end up making two meals.

I am really trying to do less of the two meal making, but sometimes it just works that way with the kids eating at 5 or 5:30 and my husband I usually not eating until 8, at least.

I would like to get better about me eating with them at least, but with a baby that requires feeding and a multitude of requests I just haven’t found the peace in it…I prefer to wait to enjoy my adult food and sip a glass of wine with it, in lieu of all the whine at 5:00.