{"id":9530,"date":"2022-12-05T08:00:29","date_gmt":"2022-12-05T14:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/discipleship\/?p=9530"},"modified":"2022-12-08T14:03:41","modified_gmt":"2022-12-08T20:03:41","slug":"whats-for-dinner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/discipleship\/2022\/12\/05\/whats-for-dinner\/","title":{"rendered":"What’s for Dinner?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Is Fall as busy for your family as it is for ours? Do you find yourself crashing into the sofa every evening, almost out of breath from the daily hustle? From practice to ballgames to homework to housework and all the busy-ness that comes in-between our daily alarms, do you ever ask, \u201cHey, what\u2019s for supper?\u201d<\/p>\n

I stumbled upon an article from the WSJ<\/a> last week about the significance of having family meals together\u2026 that research suggests what we probably already know\u2014that regular meals around a table with our families benefit our children\u2019s physical and mental health. Check out this excerpt:<\/p>\n

\u201cThose who had eaten two to three\u00a0<\/strong>family meals a week as teens had lower rates of obesity and eating disorders, as well as better mental-health outcomes than those who had eaten fewer meals together, she found. Those young adults\u00a0<\/strong>now give priority to dining with their own children and partners. Young adults who had eaten meals with their families three to five times a week as adolescents had even more-significant physical and mental-health benefits, Dr. Berge found.<\/em>\u00a0\u201d[1]<\/a><\/p>\n

We\u2019ve already seen how depression, anxiety and sadness seem to dominate the news and fill our feeds. What if we could short-circuit some of that with something as simple as supper? What if we could consciously make decisions to be together around a meal\u2014whether breakfast, lunch or supper\u2014so that we could have the critical relational moments that happen when we eat together?<\/p>\n

What will you talk about? Well, here are a few hints on starting conversations:<\/p>\n