Anonymous wrote:We had them, and there were fights/yelling every night. My kids are youngish teenagers, and so far, we've avoided this.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Quick question from an immigrant. I heard from DH that eating out was not the norm while he was growing up, but when I moved to US in early 90s his family was eating out a lot. He said that is the time they started going more and more to restaurants and ordering food. I see a trend of eating out even more now and I am wondering if my DH's experience is true for a lot of people who grew up in the States?
I grew up in the 70s. Eating out was VERY rare. Yes, it is happening more and more. We did not always have afancy dinner when my mother was too tired, but we did not resort to restaurants. We did the omlette thing, or even oatmeal or cornmeal. We loved that.
Anonymous wrote:I think mine were pretty normal. We ate dinner, we chatted about our days and our plans, my parents occasionally reminded us to chew with our mouths closed, we all helped clear the dishes. It's not like those are my fondest memories or anything, but it was a nice part of our family routine--I generally got along with my parents, who are generally nice people, and my mom was a good cook, so dinners were usually pleasant.
There was a fight or two when we were younger about food, but my parents neither made us eat stuff we really disliked nor made us special meals--you chose from the available dishes and if you filled up on bread and carrot sticks, so be it.
Anonymous wrote:Quick question from an immigrant. I heard from DH that eating out was not the norm while he was growing up, but when I moved to US in early 90s his family was eating out a lot. He said that is the time they started going more and more to restaurants and ordering food. I see a trend of eating out even more now and I am wondering if my DH's experience is true for a lot of people who grew up in the States?