More than ten years ago I had nearly every dinner with my family. If there was something worthy of recalling, that was the harmonious atmosphere during the dinner time. We chat with each other and a lot of funny topics and subjects were discussed. When I left my hometown and went to campus, I shared each dinner with my roommates and returned back home on vacation. Having dinner together is the happiest time in my family.

While nowadays, the fast pace of working and life make the parents busy at career ignore the importance of having a dinner with children. American educational expert Marshall.P.Duke told us that happy communication at the dinner table or even a talk before sleeping is good for family harmonious relationship and promoting children’s thinking.

Make some time on investing in your dinner with children. In a successful dinner case, the first point is the democracy atmosphere among the family. Children can express what he likes. Parents play an important role in leading a good family dinner.

Here are some tips for reference.

1. Don’t get your children into the habit of eating and watching TV at the same time.
2. For the picky eating problems, more encouragement and less pressing.
3. Each member of the family has to join in the dinner chat.
4. For parents, focus on listening.
5. Say some words to show that you are listening to your kids.
6. Sincerely speak out something about your kids’ true feelings on what they express. Like: it is really difficult to lose a friend. I am really sorry to hear the bad situation that your classmates have. Is there something that we can help him out?

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