Do you have meals together with your family?

It is nice to eat with your family. Sometimes kids can be troublesome. I remember myself when I was younger, I didn't want to come since I might have been playing, and then i was angry and so. The kids will learn :)

I think modern schedules are such that having family time is exceedingly rare. I live with an aunt, grandmother, uncle and cousin and all of us have contrasting schedules. My cousin needs to goto school by 7.30 so eats breakfast at about 6 plus, my Aunt and Grandma eat at about 5.30 and I eat at about 8.30. However, I work during the day so I come home late at night so I eat about 8pm while my aunt and Grandmother would have eaten about 6ish in the evening. However, there are sepcial meals where we make it a point to eat together. Grandma's birthday and Chinese New Year are two such occasions. When I visit my mother in Germany, she makes it a point that the whole family sits down to eat together, and its the same situation when I go to visit my Dad in Thailand. So although I guess I don't always sit down together with my family, there are times when you have to make a point of sitting down and having a meal with them. It's important to have family time once in a while.

Timing can be hard yes. Our morning eating times are too different so that is impossible to eat together. Dinner is only one possible for us. We used to eat it at 4pm, but my mother works long now and comes home after 5pm, so we now eat at about 5pm, so everyone can be there, but I understand you work days and it's not possible, but it is good you come together at times, and eat together. We also have our own "celebrations" when most of my relatives eat together.

Work often takes time and comes to way of many important things, but don't let is slow you down, life is long!

Thats good, its also tradition in my family, and i like it.