Top Tips To Bring Your Family Together At Meal Times
It can be so frustrating being an Australian parent in today’s modern world because getting the kids to come to the dinner table requires a great deal of effort on your part. Nobody wants to sit down and eat together anymore, and they just want to enjoy the convenience of having their meals made for them and then they disappear off into a corner so that they can eat and play on their various devices. It is a very sad indication of the world that we live in nowadays, and so you, as the head of the household need to do whatever you can to bring everyone together at least once or twice a week.
One of the first things that you can do is to make the dining experience more enjoyable and so this is why you might want to invest in a new table and bentwood dining chairs. If your family members know that they’re going to be more comfortable when having their meals then they are more likely to accept your dinner, breakfast or evening tea invitation. This is just one way to get your family together at meal times here in Australia and the following are some others.
- Choose food that other people will like – Just because you like a certain type of food, it doesn’t mean that the rest of your family enjoy the same experience and so think for a moment about everyone that you want to invite to the dinner table and prepare food that suits everyone’s appetite. For your teenager, they about putting some French fries and burgers which is their favorite meal but also add some salad to bring a healthy touch to the whole thing.
- Involve everyone in the cooking process – If you can get the kids and your partner to be more involved in preparing family meals then they are more likely to want to enjoy the food that they have created. Even if the children don’t want to help you prepare the food, get them to set the table and to put out the various sauces that they like to eat with their meals. It is important that everyone has some kind of input into how the meal is prepared and how it is served.
- Prepare some healthy fast food – It can be very difficult to plan ahead when it comes to a family meal but if you can find some recipes when you can prepare food really quickly in only a matter of minutes then this might be the thing that brings everyone together around the table at one time. It’s okay to include one unhealthy meal once in a while if it means bringing all of your kids together in one place so everyone can catch up on what’s going on in their lives.
The most important thing however is that you insist that no one brings a smartphone or other digital device to the table as this is not conducive to good family communication.
