Do you feel having a family meal benefits the whole family?

There are things that keep a family together and food is an important one. Its not just the food but at the table you get to see everybody in one place and listen to how they are doing. In my family everybody goes doing his work the whole day but around 9pm we all hurry home for dinner :) To tell the truth if it wasnt for those dinners I wouldnt be that close with my family. Its the same with my friends. Everyday around lunch we have a place where we meet and grab something to eat :) not everyday everyone comes but most make it and really have a good time :) keep the family meals going, they shoore benefit the whole family

Hi. Dominique25. I think that eating together as a family is wonderful. It makes the bonding and family ties more closer. I love eating with my family. My husband always talks to me and we share many special moments together as a couple. When our children are sitting to the table with us, it makes the moment even more special and precious. Having at least one family meal together once a week is very great to make happen.

Yes, it is something that I have always felt was important. When my oldest daughter became a teenager and started working it was sometimes hard to do and there were a few times that we didn't have dinner together, but I have always made sure that for the most part we did. It brings a family closer in many ways.

of course, it does! bonding time is very important in a family and one means achieving bond between each family member is to eat together.

As long as you eat at least one meal together... Yes, it's really hard to eat together when everyone's so busy with school, work and everything else.. Eating together is a family bonding time and it's important to have that.

I think families should take advantage of whatever time they have together, and should make mealtime a priority if possible. Kids grow up and move away so fast, that it is important to spend as much family time with them as possible when they are young. It is a good time to communicate with them and find out what is going on in their lives, and also, to monitor what they are eating and ensure that at least some of their meals are healthy ones! I don't think this should be a rigid requirement, because that only breeds resentment, but if having meals together is a priority or a goal, then everyone in the family will view it a positive time devoted to the family.

one of my fondest memory growing up were the meals we've had as a family. Weekends are my favorite part of the week, because those were the days we spend extra hours around the dining table. there my parents will tell us stories about their childhood, how they met, updates on work and social activities. Breakfasts would extend to lunches. :) We also have dinner as a family on weekdays too. Now that my dad has passed on and i have my own children, we still practice the same tradition. I believe it's a good practice because my siblings and i grew up really close and we have become a very close knit family. Personally, i see the value of the family meals. It's a way of keeping tabs of each other lives too.

being together in family meal really helps a lot for staying more close of the family, for us we make it sure that at least every day once we should be together for meal as much as possible, though we know that our head of the family is working and busy...

I think that it is important for a family to eat meals together. With the activities of children/teenagers and the work schedules of adults this is hard to do. With our busy schedule we are lucky to have a meal together once a week. I try to have Sunday supper with everyone. Normally my fiance does not work on the weekends and neither does my middle son. My oldest son does work at times but normally he goes in early and is off by 2. This seems to work out for us the best.

Yes we should always try our very best to have a family meal so we could be what we are a family with all the members together at one time. If we have kids its is really important for them to see all the members of the family having a nice breakfast , lunch, diners or even maybe a little snack time but all together to talk about what is going on in all our lives. We all need to be in our families’ life and not just in front of the TV or computer or everyone in OUR room eating alone.

Having a family meal together is often more than just food on the table. it is a quaity time to be spent as a family. comng together over the family meal keeps the lines of communication open.

Well your topic is very important and I must say this is need of the day for all of us. Right now we 4 brothers and one sister live together. My 3 elder brothers and sister already married and their wives and children's are also live with us and our head of the family, "Our beloving mom" also. We all get together on the night dinner on any cost without any prior reason because this is order from our mom. What is logic behind this? She says, "When you all get together at one place than its natural you will talk to each other. So there will be no chance for any misunderstanding or mistake between you all. I want unity, love and peace in my family. So you all must keep in your mind's no matter what you are doing or wherever you are you must reach at home for Dinner and never try to miss it without any proper reason. So I am part of this Happy dinner since I was a child and I am really really proud to dinner with my beloving family once a day. So I want to my friends and colleagues of mylot try to arrange one meal at home on regular basis for the happiness of your family. Cheers :D

Me and my family have dinner together every night. This is the only time when everybody is at home, and we can see and talk each other. I think the dinner symbolizes the unity of one family and it is very important (of course it could be and a lunch).But you are right, everybody is busy and has his own staff, but after all ,the family members have to spend some time together.

i think that is a really great thing because it bring the family together and more love it is true that our different work hours make it difficult but if we have the opportunity to come together i think it is a good idea. dinner will be the great one because everyone can talk about his day.

having a meal as a family is very important as it gets you even closer to each other in my family we have almost every meal together i dont know how we do it but it gets done and its really great to chat with your family about your day and whats on your mind and stuff like that so always try to have at least one meal as a whole unit i prefer lunch to be like that