Gibbs Argument On How Family Promotes Communication Among Family Members

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Even though families hardly ever get together to have a family dinner, it is proven that children who frequently eat with their parents experience long-term benefits. As of my opinion, I agree with Gibbs argument on how a family meal promotes communication among all the family members. For instance, with my family it is a tradition that we all sit down as a family to eat. However, many families now are leaving out this time to accomplish other things or just simply because they exclaim that they have no time for a family dinner. Therefore, I think families should try to regularly have a family meal together to communicate with each other as well as parents teaching their children to be a success in life.
For example, in my family when it's …show more content…

Gibbs also states other family eating patterns published by the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse (CASA)” (212). For instance, I have a cousin who works as a nurse and her husband works as a lawyer and I have seen that they hardly ever eat together. Furthermore, their two kids stay with my cousin’s mother which, she tries to educate them as best as she can but, that is still not enough they need their parents time to show them what fork to use at a restaurant. Between my family and my cousins family, I can see the difference because it's the time you spent with your family at the dinner table that help educate them. As a result, if she wanted her kids to improve she should stop working so much and cook a family meal to communicate with her children during that time to see if what they are struggling with in …show more content…

One day he decided to invite me to finish a project at his house therefore, I decided to go and finish our project and while I was there I noticed that we eat as soon as we got there. Then, his mother came in and as usual we greeted each other and after she went to the kitchen to make herself something to eat. Once she was done Patrick's dad arrived at the house, I again greeted him, but the strange part was that when I was done, he then went to the kitchen to make himself something to eat. Finally, I ask Patrick “Why is it that they do not eat together as a family?” He then replied “Why would we do that? You are weird. Who does that

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