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  Is there a tangible benefit to sitting down as a family for dinner?

  0 0 How can we answer that for you? Is it a benefit for your family to have a ritual of getting together every day to break bread? A lot of smart people across the country say it's a good thing. Is it good for everyone? Is it right for you? Only you can answer that. I will relate my own experience. I have a 5.5 year old boy and an 18 month old girl. Our pediatrician keeps telling us we need to have family dinners. That it's REALLY important. She's a smart lady - I don't think she's wrong IN PRINCIPLE. But my take is that she's being dogmatic. Do I eventually want to have family dinners? Absolutely. When both kids are old enough to sit down and eat without me having to wrestle them the whole time. Probably a few more years. Until then, I'm not going to do it just because someone thinks I "should". So what I'm saying is, only you can answer if it would provide a benefit to you. Seems like a lot of busy families value the togetherness of family dinners. dawdler answered in Feeding the Family 11 months ago Answer, comment & read 6 more answers »

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