Is it important for families to have their meals together regularly

[SallyChen]

Morning, Kitos.
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Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? It’s important for families to have their meals together regularly.

I totally support the statement that it’s important for family members to have meals together regularly, since parents spending mealtime with each other is conducive to both mental and physical development of their children, and it can strengthen the connection among family members.

The most obvious benefit of eating together is that it allows parents more time to communicate with their children. They can be well-informed of what is going on in their children’s world, for example, what challenges they have encountered, when they are eating and talking together around a table at a relaxing mealtime. Under such conditions, children will be willing to talk about problems in school and get relief or suggestions from their loving parents. That parents perform the most significant role in helping the children coping with psychological issues can be seen from one of my friend Allan’s experience. He grows up in a single-parent family and his mother is always busy working in a textile factory, where she eats and sleeps five days per week. Allan told me that he felt lonely, unsafe and desperate for family warmth, especially when he was bullied in school. He can resort to nobody for help but to sleep in tears.

Having meals together with parents is also important for their children’s physical growth, since under many circumstances, meals are somehow neglected and skipped by many family members. We adults may sometimes forget about eating lunch when we are engaged in studying or working, let alone children who not yet know how to take good care of themselves. By way of example, my friend Allan used to suffer from malnutrition because without adequate custody, he ate a lot of unhealthy snacks instead of nutritious food, and he frequently forgot about having meals.

Besides, when family members are having meals together, they can feel a strong connection among among them, which brings them long-lasting happiness. Although I am now a grown-up and studying alone faraway from home, I love to look back on those days I enjoy meals with my parents, when we were eating, laughing and watching funny TV programs together, or when we were having a picnic on the bank of Liuyang river, playing games in the sunshine...those are memories that have seeped into my vein and made me realized what true happiness is. It is most enduring, and it matters most to me. I believe it is quite easy to decide which one is happier, the one who settles his lunch and dinner hastily eating fastfood in the office, or the one who enjoys the gourmet dinners in a relaxed and warm atmosphere with his family. What is more important and valuable than true happiness anyway?

To put all in a nutshell, I vote for the opinion that people should have meals regularly with their parents, from whom children can get love, care, and long-lasting happiness in life.

[Kitosdad]

[quote="SallyChen"]Morning, Kitos.
Please check out my essay. Thank you.

Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? It’s important for families to have their meals together regularly.

I totally support the statement that it’s important for family members to have meals together regularly, since families spending mealtimes with each other is conducive to both mental and physical development of their children, and it can strengthen the connection among family members.

The most obvious benefit of eating together is that it allows parents more time to communicate with their children. They can be well-informed as to what is going on in their children’s lives. For example, what challenges they may have encountered when they are eating and talking together around a table at a relaxing mealtime. Under such conditions, children will be willing to talk about problems in school and get relief or suggestions from their loving parents. That parents perform the most significant role in helping the children in coping with psychological issues can be seen from one of my friend Allan’s experience. He has grown up in a single-parent family, and his mother is always busy working in a textile factory, where she eats and sleeps five days per week. Allan told me that he felt lonely, unsafe and desperate for family warmth, especially when he was bullied in school. He can resort to nobody for help, and falls to sleep in tears.

Having meals together with parents is also important for their children’s physical growth, since under many circumstances meals are somehow neglected and skipped by many family members. We adults may sometimes forget about eating lunch when we are engaged in studying or working, let alone children who do not yet know how to take good care of themselves. By way of example, my friend Allan used to suffer from malnutrition because lacking adequate care, he ate a lot of unhealthy snacks instead of nutritious food, and he frequently forgot about having meals.

Besides, when family members are having meals together, they can feel a strong connection among them, which brings them long-lasting happiness. Although I am now a grown-up and studying alone faraway from home, I love to look back on those days when I enjoyed meals with my parents, when we were eating, laughing and watching funny TV programs together, or when we were having a picnic on the bank of Liuyang river, playing games in the sunshine...those are memories that have seeped into my veins and made me realized what true happiness is. It is most enduring, and it matters greatly to me. I believe it is quite easy to decide which one is happier, the one who takes his lunch and dinner hastily, eating fast food in the office, or the one who enjoys the gourmet dinners in a relaxed and warm atmosphere with his family. What is more important and valuable than true happiness anyway?

To put all in a nutshell, I vote for the opinion that people should have meals regularly with their parents, from whom children can get love, care, and long-lasting happiness in life.
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Very good work Sally.

Kitos. 8.5/10
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[SallyChen]

Thank you so much, Kitos.