How to Change Stressful Dinners with Kids into Precious Family Tim
讓用餐時間變成你與孩子的愉快時光
Meal times are one of the cornerstones of your daily routine. They can be the most joyous part of your day or the most dreaded part of your day.
用餐是每天生活的基本要素之一,同時用餐時間既可以成為一天中最愉悅的時光,也可以成為一天中最糟糕的時光。
When you have small children it is very important that you be consistent and that they sit down to eat at roughly the same times every day. It's also important that those times are spaced far enough apart so that your kids have an appetite for what's put in front of them, but not so far apart that the run-up to every meal is marked by the kind of bad behaviour and irritability that’s triggered by hunger and low blood sugar levels.
如果你家中有小孩,那么,每天堅持在固定的時間圍坐在一起吃飯就顯得尤為重要。有一點值得注意的是:兩次用餐之間要相隔久一點,這樣,孩子在食物面前才會有食欲。但是,如果兩次用餐之間間隔太久,在餐前的饑餓和低血糖又容易會養成某些壞習慣和引起易怒的情緒。
Meals though, are not just about getting the right amount and type of food into your kids at the right time. They're also occasions when your family can be together sharing news, talking over what everyone's been up to during the day, sharing successes and disappointments as well as just enjoying each other’s company.
用餐絕不并不僅僅是指喂飽小孩子,而應該是全家人可以歡聚一堂,彼此分享見聞、暢談一天中經歷的瑣事、無論是談及成功的還是失望的經歷,只要能享受彼此相伴的樂趣。
My family also uses meal times to share how we helped someone or made someone smile that day.
我的家人就是在吃飯時暢談我們當天是如何助人為樂,或如何給他人帶了歡樂的。
In many families, meal times are not so enjoyable. Instead, they’re running battles to get kids to eat, behave, or just sit down at the table. How do you turn this scenario around so that mealtimes become one of your favourite times of the day with your family?
在許多家庭中,吃飯的時候并不是非常愉悅。相反,他們追逐著給小孩喂飯,或規規矩矩地圍桌而坐,一言不發。如何扭轉這樣的局面? 如何使得就餐時間成為你與家人的愉快時光呢?