FAMILY MEALS


  I have chosen a topic about family meals because I have read some writings about on the Internet and I got some ideas about this issue. For everybody there are meanings of family meals whether they are good or bad. T think this topic is very important to us.
         Some studies show that the more families eat together, the less likely kids are to smoke, drink, do drugs, get depressed, develop eating disorders, consider suicide, the more likely they are to do well in school, delay having sex, eat their vegetables, learn big words, and know which frog to use. If we consider these things, family meals are necessary to us. I want to share a quote I have read: “ıf ıt were just about food, we would squirt it into their mouths with a tube. A meal is about civilization children. It is about teaching them to be a member of their culture.” This quote is so impressive and definitely true. For example, we are university students live in dormitories and eat our meals ourselves or out, most of us have no family meals. We can eat, too but we can’t utilize the family meal and I think we miss many of things that are good for us. According to some studies the families with the least educated parents, for example eat together the most; parents with less than a high school education share more meals with their kids than do parents with high diplomas or college degrees. This may seem odd I observed this, too. Educated families haven’t so much time to spend with their children and eat together. For the last topic I have learned that when kids help their prepare meal they are much likely to eat it, and it is a useful skill that seems to build self-esteem. I agree with it because if parents let their children help, children can build self-esteem and beside can gain more experience.


COMMENT ON VIDEO
I want to say that I searched for this video a lot but we can see that this video meets what I want to say in the writing above. It is about family meals especially it mentions from children in terms of having their meals with their families. I agree with the video because children who are eating with their family are both healthy and happier than the others. Also giving such a video with the writing is beneficial in terms of visual aspect of this topic. It is good to see that this video gives the results of some studies, and according to these studies it tells about what we should eat or what we shouldn’t eat.  Than it talks about child success in connection with the family meals I agree with it because children can be more successful with the help of family meal. Also I like the way it tells that children should be allowed to serve themselves and it will provide them to gain control in their lives. To sum up I like this video because it helps me to transfer what I want to say.