A Family That Eats Together Stays Together!

As I was eating breakfast this morning alone it made me think that this would be the perfect time to have a good conversation before the day starts. All of my roommates were gone unfortunately so I had to have a conversation alone....Not! But eating breakfast is one of the most important parts of the day. Why not spend that part with your family? A family that eats together stays together. The day can be so busy and most of the time everyone is running around. I checked out a article written in May 2007 from Improving Your World, about some pros and cons of eating breakfast as a family.
 

Pros

• The first pro was exactly what I mentioned earlier. When having a large family its hard to get everyone together at the same time to talk. Many member have different activities going on so before the day starts the family can sit together and talk about them. My family does this because with us all having cars were rarely at home, so eating breakfast together helps us inform each other of our plans for the day.
• Eating breakfast together is a great way to bond, and have time to talk. The article mentioned how many families are missing that these days and I can totally agree with that. With this new generation there is a lot of technonlgy and television that keeps the mind of most people. Having breakfast together as a family gives people a break form that. 
• The rest of the cons were pretty much the same thing. To sum them all up having breakfast together is a great way to talk.You can talk about the weather, your goals, anything! One thing that did stand out to me was the note about having guest over for dinner. If you have a lot of guest over for dinner a lot then having breakfast might be one of the only times you will have to spend with just family. 

Cons  

• The first con talked about how a lot of families wake up at different times. If there are younger members in the family they might get up later than the adults for school. It can be hard to have everyone together for breakfast. What my family would usually do is eat breakfast together on the weekends. That is an easy way to solve this problem. 
• The second con said how people usually want to eat different meals for breakfast. To solve this problem I feel like every one can get together and make one big breakfast. Each member can make whatever they would like to eat and make enough for everyone to eat. 

I really enjoyed reading this article on the pros and cons of eating breakfast together as a family. After reading this article a good thing to look up next would be healthy breakfast meals.

Improving Your Health. (2007) 

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