Family Dinners

I really enjoyed these articles. I have always believed that family dinners are important, but I didn't realize just how much of an impact they have. It was fascinating to me that family dinners could have an impact on someone's grades, and I also thought it was interesting that girls who eat alone consume unhealthier foods.
The article concerning television during dinnertime was surprising. At home, my mother would always harp about having the TV on during dinnertime. She thought that it was really distracting and took away from the experience of eating together.
My family ate dinner together 5-7 times a week, and I miss eating dinner with them. Most of the time we would have the TV turned on in order to watch national and local news, and that would spark some interesting conversation. When the TV wasn't on, we'd make small chat about various activities that had taken place throughout the day. My mom always made sure that dinner was a healthy balance of fruit, veggies, carbs, and protein. I can't wait to go home for Thanksgiving and sit down for a home-cooked meal.
The cohabitation article made perfect sense to me. It came as no surprise that partners adapted their eating habits in order to have a more cohesive dietary lifestyle. I remember my dad talking about how his food choices as a bachelor were limited to canned and boxed foods, spaghetti, grilled cheese, and salmon. To this day whenever he cooks for the family, he will make either spaghetti or salmon.
For the homework assignment, I decided to eat soup without a spoon. Usually, I don't even eat soup, so that caught people's eyes. After the soup had cooled a bit, I picked it up with both hands and sipped it out of the cup. My friends looked at me a little funny, and one asked if I forgot a spoon. Nonchalantly, I said no, and continued eating my soup.