Family Dinner
Dinner is a part of many daily routines across the world. Depending on the where the nation is can dictate how different ''dinner'' can be. For example, people from India may eat in a different way then people from Japan. Again this varies with the type of enviroment, different cultures, and maybe even different age groups. Research from the Tampa Times Newspaper states ''Younger generations see dinner more of a chore rather then family bonding''. A factor that can be thrown into the situation is the time people have in between events that go on everyday in ones life. The fact of the matter is the way everyone views family dinner is all a difference in opinion.
Different traditions and possibly different religions can partake in the way people eat all across the world. A family from Japan eats in a cirlce, and a lot of time without chairs. Not to mention the particular foods they eat differs from others in different countries. This tradition has been going on for hundreds of years. To compare, people from India generally sit around a rectangular tables, with the older male sitting at the end. In general sitting at the end of the table displays knowledge and dominince over others. Not only different nations can play apart in how a family dinner is, so can religion. For instance there comes a time of the year when Islamic peoples have to fast from sun up to sun down. When they do eat, before sunrise, they have a gigantic feast. They have everything from chicken, vegstables, steak, fruits, and even desert, the same is also done after the sun down for dinner.
Age groups play a huge role in how family dinner is brought about. The older generations in general like to have a huge supper, that brings everyone to dinner. Often the family and or wife is cooking all day, and possibly all morning to prepare the food. They take pride in having all of their children and possibly grandchildren over for a good home cooked meal. Some of the younger folk like to have a quick easy dinner. Not all younger families are like this, but many are. Studies have shown at least 2-3 times a week a family goes out to dinner, or picks up fast food to take home. This all varies on peoples values and maybe even their income. A lot of younger people generally make less than a family that has been prospering for years. This causes them to choose a easier way of cooking for not only price but time. Families that have children do not have as much free time to cook food all day, Coming from a large family I can tell you this first hand. My family was always buisy. Whether it was going to basketball, football, or soccer practice, or possibly my sisters dance practice or softball practice. We never had the time to all sit together and eat.
In some families difference in age, religion, cultures, and even how much money they make might have no effect on family dinner. Some families could have different beliefs in all aspects of life and still have time to sit around a dinner table and eat as one unit. In contrast their are families that love and value eachother just the same but do not participate in family dinner every night of the week. Lastly there may even be families that do not eat as a whole but get along just as well.
Different traditions and possibly different religions can partake in the way people eat all across the world. A family from Japan eats in a cirlce, and a lot of time without chairs. Not to mention the particular foods they eat differs from others in different countries. This tradition has been going on for hundreds of years. To compare, people from India generally sit around a rectangular tables, with the older male sitting at the end. In general sitting at the end of the table displays knowledge and dominince over others. Not only different nations can play apart in how a family dinner is, so can religion. For instance there comes a time of the year when Islamic peoples have to fast from sun up to sun down. When they do eat, before sunrise, they have a gigantic feast. They have everything from chicken, vegstables, steak, fruits, and even desert, the same is also done after the sun down for dinner.
Age groups play a huge role in how family dinner is brought about. The older generations in general like to have a huge supper, that brings everyone to dinner. Often the family and or wife is cooking all day, and possibly all morning to prepare the food. They take pride in having all of their children and possibly grandchildren over for a good home cooked meal. Some of the younger folk like to have a quick easy dinner. Not all younger families are like this, but many are. Studies have shown at least 2-3 times a week a family goes out to dinner, or picks up fast food to take home. This all varies on peoples values and maybe even their income. A lot of younger people generally make less than a family that has been prospering for years. This causes them to choose a easier way of cooking for not only price but time. Families that have children do not have as much free time to cook food all day, Coming from a large family I can tell you this first hand. My family was always buisy. Whether it was going to basketball, football, or soccer practice, or possibly my sisters dance practice or softball practice. We never had the time to all sit together and eat.
In some families difference in age, religion, cultures, and even how much money they make might have no effect on family dinner. Some families could have different beliefs in all aspects of life and still have time to sit around a dinner table and eat as one unit. In contrast their are families that love and value eachother just the same but do not participate in family dinner every night of the week. Lastly there may even be families that do not eat as a whole but get along just as well.