As you home made dinner?Do you sit down at the table with the children, or you have a bite each, when he wants to?
American psychologists, physicians, and statistics say that regular family meals are very useful for the younger generation.
A recent US study found that adolescents do not regularly participate in the joint family dinners, 1.75 times more drug addicts, and the girls, at least five times a week, sitting down at the table with her parents, threehalf as likely to suffer from poor nutrition, anorexia and gastritis.
Not to mention the fact that correct common dinners arranged unite parents and children contribute to peace and understanding in the family.
course, to organize daily family meal is not easy, but possible.We offer you five simple steps towards healthy eating and develop new habits:
1. Firstly, you need to convince a spouse participate in family meals.To do this at your disposal - a considerable amount of information on the Internet, in the literature, and even doctors and psychologists.
It is impossible to convince him, and explain why this is important?Begin to organize daily family meals themselves, with kids - you'll see, at some point your spouse will also want to take part in it.
2. Secondly, plan the menu together with their children , if they are large enough to choose food.Even if your home has never been such traditions, arrange a family meeting where you will be able to explain the changes expected in your home and why.
At the household, select the time at which you sobiraete dinner, and find out what each family member is meant by "family meal."Decide together how responsibilities will be shared, who will set the table who will wash the dishes, and so on.
3. Children and husband more readily taken up by your initiative if they understand what they themselves are from this benefiTs .
example, has announced that now every member of the family may itself dictate the menu one afternoon a week - with the proviso that at other times they would have chosen other dishes, of course.But just in case, of course, tell everyone that if someone does not like select other menu, you always have sandwiches.
4. Be flexible - if it is impossible to collect all of the total daily lunch, try to arrange family breakfast or dinner.
course, shared breakfast will require you to rise early, and various preparations (some of which, however, can be made the night before), but how cool would eat the main meal of the day the whole family!At the same time you will be sure that everyone is eating healthy and nutritious food, not intercept something on the run.
5. All that can, plan in advance and make .You can hang on the refrigerator conceived plan meals for the week ahead and prepare meals of the day before.The most favorite dish can be prepared in a few days, and some even in the frozen semi-finished or finished state.
You'll see, once you get down to serious business, and if the family will support you, you will soon find the necessary rhythm of work and easy - to at least once a day the whole family gathered at the table and enjoy it.
