catherine
7-11-12, 1:13pm
I have made countless mistakes as a parent. My worst parental flaw is, I'm not organized and I skim over mealtime, and when I think back, that is what I most regret about my parenting--the kind of haphazard life we had.
So, I was surprised when DD27 was talking about a presentation she's making for her social impact design course, where they have to come up with design solutions to problems they see, and one of her ideas was a kit where people would be encouraged to a) eat quality food by b) having a quality dinnertime experience.
Part of her pitch to her class will be "Not everyone has had the kind of fun dinnertime experience we had in my family, where sometimes we'd have upside down day and things like that, and so this kit will help people have those experiences."
It's true that when I was doing family day care for a few years I had to be really well-organized, and DH is a really creative guy and great cook, so we had a menu board up for the week, and one day a week we had "upside-down day" where we'd have hamburgers for breakfast and eggs for dinner or something like that.
But I was astounded that my DD had any positive perception of our dinnertimes, because there have been tons more times when we took the easy way out and did fast food, ate in front of the TV, etc.
Just made me feel good as a parent. I guess sometimes it's the little things that kids remember--for good and for bad.
So, I was surprised when DD27 was talking about a presentation she's making for her social impact design course, where they have to come up with design solutions to problems they see, and one of her ideas was a kit where people would be encouraged to a) eat quality food by b) having a quality dinnertime experience.
Part of her pitch to her class will be "Not everyone has had the kind of fun dinnertime experience we had in my family, where sometimes we'd have upside down day and things like that, and so this kit will help people have those experiences."
It's true that when I was doing family day care for a few years I had to be really well-organized, and DH is a really creative guy and great cook, so we had a menu board up for the week, and one day a week we had "upside-down day" where we'd have hamburgers for breakfast and eggs for dinner or something like that.
But I was astounded that my DD had any positive perception of our dinnertimes, because there have been tons more times when we took the easy way out and did fast food, ate in front of the TV, etc.
Just made me feel good as a parent. I guess sometimes it's the little things that kids remember--for good and for bad.