tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post8799177034447967645..comments2024-03-26T06:17:49.527-07:00Comments on Had Enough Therapy?: Eating AloneStuart Schneidermanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12784043736879991769noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-84121810440307773712014-10-12T17:05:22.314-07:002014-10-12T17:05:22.314-07:00Many elderly people lose the inspiration to cook w...Many elderly people lose the inspiration to cook when it is only for themselves and quality of eating deteriorates if it is always to be done alone...so ironically it could perhaps also be shown that there is liability on the the other end of the spectrum if one is eating alone. Jeannettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06115410908800997558noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-90668960331598196482014-10-11T08:21:32.245-07:002014-10-11T08:21:32.245-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Ares Olympushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09726811306826601686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-1519587636874088512014-10-11T07:44:18.713-07:002014-10-11T07:44:18.713-07:00It looks like a serious well-designed study.
It s...It looks like a serious well-designed study.<br /><br />It seems like my family usually had dinner together, at least until my parents divorced when I was 12, but the 1970's seem like a different world.<br /><br />A vast majorty of the families I've known with kids in the last 15 years, might eat dinner together, but the television room has become the center of eating, rather than the kitchen table.<br /><br />In my 20's I went through an extended period of proudly not watching any TV, and that has gotten easier since TV program quality has gone down so well, but netflix is a troublemaker, so I admit I'll eat in front of a movie or something more than not.<br /><br />And now-a-days we have smart phones and laptops also as distractions that adults or kids could abuse while still "eating together." I'm sure some parents might ban such things, but its an open question what sort of "manners" are expected in a daily meal, versus special occasions.<br /><br />So I'm interested to know what qualifiers can be made. Is it better to eat one uninterrupted quiet family meal per week, or have 7 days a week eating together in front of the TV?<br /><br />I also think back as a kid, we were too poor to eat out a lot, but we did get McDonald's, cause "You deserve a break today..." Eating in a restaurant, even fastfood might count, BUT then there are drive-thrus so parents and kids eat together in the car, again kind of crazy.<br /><br />Anyway, in a quick look, I don't see anything in terms of "quality of communal environment" considered, although it would seem important.<br />Ares Olympushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09726811306826601686noreply@blogger.com