We live in a very digital age and because of that, families are suffering all around the country because people are not talking to each other anymore. All these new digital devices are excellent, but they come at a price and the price is that family bonds are not as strong as they used to be. Children no longer communicate with their parents and if they do, it’s usually via a text message or face time using their various devices. Parents are just as bad and they spend hours every day looking through the social media sites and learning nothing really at the end of the day. There are only so many pictures of cute cats and looking at the meals that people had for their breakfast, lunch and dinner before it just gets too much.
The good news however is that Launceston restaurants have come to the rescue and now they are offering families the opportunity to eat out together and to enjoy an extensive menu that has everything for both adults and kids. It is their goal to bring families together again in a location that is conducive to good communication and where digital devices are frowned upon. If your family has been drifting apart lately and you would like some way to bring them all back together then booking a table at one of these excellent restaurants might provide you with the answers that you need. If you’re still a little on the fence and you want to learn about more benefits of dining out together as a family unit, then please read on.
- More inclusive family time – As was mentioned briefly before, all families nowadays are not spending quality time together and so booking a table at a restaurant provides all of the family members with time together without any digital distractions. As the head of the family, you need to make a rule that smart phones and tablets are not permitted at the dinner table and this will encourage everyone to engage in real conversation.
- Social skills are improved – This is especially important for the younger kids who have spent the last 2 ½ to 3 years hunkered up in their rooms using only their digital devices to find out what’s going on in the world and communicating digitally with their friends. Their social skills have suffered as a direct result and so eating out as a family can greatly improve upon children’s skills and can teach them how to properly communicate with members of staff that work in the restaurant and why it is important to wait for your food to arrive.
- Better communication skills – The kids have been basically communicating via short messaging services and text messages and that is unacceptable in any family unit. By all sitting around one table, everyone can be encouraged to tell the others about their day and any issues that they may have ran into. This dinner can result in better communications and knowledge sharing which is great for the family unit.
If your family has not enjoyed a meal out together in some time then it’s time that you pick up the phone and made the call today.
Thank you,
Glenda, Charlie and David Cates
