Recently, I was having lunch with my family at a sandwich shop and my younger daughter noticed a family eating together but not really enjoying each other! The mom and dad were both looking at their phones and the kids were longing for their attention.
As parents, we not only model the expected behavior that we want from our children but we teach them what is important! Unfortunately, the message this situation was sending the children was their parent's emails, messages and phone calls were much more important. Not to mention, the behavior will probably be imitated by the children when they are old enough to have their own phones during a family gathering.
It's been said many times that families today do not have meals together. Even if you don't have a meal around your kitchen table it doesn't mean it's not a family meal. Many lessons are learned and family bonding occurs at a table, whether in a restaurant, a picnic table or a patio table! Remember to always be fully present during these special times with your children. This is when you teach them how to communicate, appreciate and love one another. They grow up fast so don't miss the opportunity to teach them during this special time. They will cherish these moments, remember them and eventually recreate them in their own homes :)
Peace and blessings,
Lesa
"There is no doubt that it is around the family, and the home that all the greatest virtues, the most dominating virtues of humans, are created, strengthened and maintained." ~Winston Churchill
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