 KoolMoeAw ManPremium
join:2001-02-14
Annapolis, MD | reply to Jason Levine
Re: Can't you see? said by Jason Levine:As for the decline of the family dinner table and long meaningful commitments, I blame a couple of things (none of which are porn). 1) Rising costs of living force both spouses to work. This means that things are more rushed at home and families have less time for each other. 2) People see celebrities have quickie marriages and even quicker divorces so they start to think that that sort of behavior is normal. I agree, but would like to add that watching TV during family dinners is not conducive to any type of discussion.
Most Friday and Saturday nights, and occasional holidays, we break out the tray tables and eat in front of the TV. It's a treat.
But the rest of the days, TV is off and we sit together at the table (assuming I can get home in time, which I usually can). Sometimes it's sullen silence as kids grump. Sometimes it's yelling about dumb behaviour that day. Sometimes it's a good laugh about whatever. Sometimes it's a good discussion about world events (my favorite).
I strongly feel that everyone together at the dinner table, conversation or not, is a critical family requirement. The ability to have such dinners may change if the wife has to work and as kids grow older and schedules are all over the place...but I'll sure try to keep it to at least a couple no-TV family dinners a week...
KM
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