A family that eats together stays together. This is because the simple act of sharing meals not only fosters healthy living but also strengthens bonds, fosters communication, and creates lasting memories.
Family dinners in my home is always eaten together. When we were growing up, it was always something my siblings and I looked up to; it was indeed a cherished tradition. Immediately the food is ready, it will be distributed into just three portions (my dad, my mum and then my siblings) and we get to eat in the same place, at the same time and the same meal.
We are 5 and yet we all eat from the same source, I guess you can imagine what we ate with, it was a tray,hehehe, yep, this was the only plate big enough to contain what can serve five persons at once.
As meal time approached, everyone will be hastening up to finish up with whatever task he or she was doing, not because we will eat without the person but because you know that you will be keeping others waiting as my dad will always insist we were complete before saying the prayer before meal and you sure know like I do that there's nothing as painful as staring at a meal with empty stomach yet can't touch it.
The thrills of these dinners always came when the food is about to finish and you get to hear the "kpacham kpacham" sounds from spoons clashing to get the final bites before finally leaving for the last baby of the house... Memories we enjoy. Even as adults now, we still eat together just that this time, we've graduated from the tray to individual plates now but the spirit remains the same.
Eating dinners together is always a great avenue for the family members to rest; discuss how their days went and also draw plans for a better tomorrow.
Does This Affect The Dynamics Of Familial Bond?
Personally I think it does. Reiterating what I said earlier, families that eat together stay together.
Accepting the fact that someone is your brother or sister doesn't just come by knowing you people were from the same parents, but then, the little memories from eating in the same tray leaves imprint in our minds.
Not a documented fact but most times, siblings that grew up together bond better than siblings who were separated from childhood.
What Affects Eating Dinner Together In Families Now?
The greatest obstacle to family dinners today is the pervasive use of Phones.
Phones have so much affected our face- to- face interactions with virtual ones and this is same way it has affected our eating meals together.
Dad might be busy in one cryptocurrency exchange app looking for a coin to buy and bull together whereas mum will be busy in one zoom meeting or another and the children will be chatting on various social medias, playing different kinds of games.
It wasn't like this when I was growing up, but I guess it's one of the cons of the rapid technological advancements we have to find a way around.
Little things we neglect matters in life, when I get to have my own family, I will surely ensure we share dinners together in same place and same time.
Thanks for reading and have a nice day 👍
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