Families are diverse and so are the ways in which they eat. While one family may gather around the dinner table and say grace, another may pack a picnic to bring to the soccer field, and another might eat in shifts as people get home. Furthermore, the same family may resort to different approaches depending on the needs of the night. In my house, for example, Monday nights include a band rehearsal for one son…
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Family meals can be hard. So in an effort to help your family find its own mealtime equilibrium, I have put together some different ideas that may help you to change the dynamic at the dinner table. How to Change the Dynamic at the Dinner Table We all know that family meals are important for a vast array of reasons from helping your kids to establish healthier eating habits to decreasing the risk of teenage…
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The Scramble’s answer to the question, “what is family dinner?” may surprise you and offer relief. If you were to ask 100 people the question: what is family dinner. Everyone would have an answer and a clear vision of what a family meal looks like. Not only that, but everyone would have an opinion on whether that image is attainable, pleasant, and necessary. And all of the answers given by those 100 people would be…
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I recently had to travel for work. This doesn’t happen very often, but when it does, the reality of the fact that I am in charge of our family’s meals becomes very apparent. Over the years, my husband and I have come to understand that if I am traveling on a weekend, he can take care of things without much help, but if the travel is during the week, then some planning and preparation is…
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In the summer many of us let our day-to-day routines slip. As we transition back to reality in the fall and face the return of homework, after-school activities, PTA meetings, and more it can be hard to get back into the swing of things. In particular, finding ways to get dinner on the table can be a real challenge. But it doesn’t have to be! With a little planning and preparatory acts, getting back into…
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