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C2 - Sunday, December 26, 1982 - North Shore News

THINKING SLIM

Ever since the first cave

man brought his freshly

_ killed prey back home to his

ritual. In Norman Rockewill
paintings . and television
programs such as “The

around the dinner table,

conversation over the
Sunday pot roast. In reality,
however, today’s family
dinner hour too often
dissolves into bickering and
confrontation. If this brief

time together is allowed to

dissolve into criticism and
complaining, if pleasant
discussion deteriorates imto
heated argument, if the time
at the table is constantly

sharing closeness and _ interrupted by the telephone
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fife being 44 Madame judgment

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sponse (abbr.) 34 Apropos
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or the doorbell ‘then the
purpose of the family dinner
hour is defeated. We might
as well all just make in-
dividual pit-stops at the
refrigerator.

A tension-filled at-
mosphere at the.dinner table
can have disastrous’ effects
on eating habits.*A diner
may lose his appetite, only to
make up for the missed meal
by solitary eating later on.
Then, he may cat too much
in an effort to comfort, calm
or compensate . himself for
whatever is missing in the
family circle. Food may
become a means of

manipulation, control or
‘punishment of others, a

symbol of power or ap-
proval. This can make eating
behavior very. ..difficult to
control in years to come.

What. can be done to
preserve peace of mind at
the dinner table? First, try to
schedule the dinner hour so
family members won't feel
the pressure of competing
activities. Attempt to
persuade everyone to make
it a prioity to get together for
a meal several times a week,
but don’t be = inflexible.
Better a pleasant dinner
hour with a family member
missing than a meal ruined
by the resentment of a
member who doesn’t want to
be there. Calming music can
do a lot to set the right mood
for a family meal. So can
taking the phone. off the
hook and. informing
neighbours and playmates of
the desire to avoid in-
terruption. Communication
is. important, . -but certain
topics should be “off limits”
at the dinner table. If you
allow ample time away from
the table for family members
to discuss issues which may
be disturbing them, keeping
dinner conversation light
should pose no problem.
Then the dinner hour'can be
an experience the entire
family looks forward to,
rather than a time of anxicty
and tension.

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