Opinion

Take time to talk at family mealtimes

Posted November 15, 2009 10:00 pm

Today kids are so consumed with extracurricular activities that it can be nearly impossible to sit down at the dinner table.

As a high school senior I know how tough it is to find time to sit down and eat dinner with my family. This doesn't mean that I don't want to be with my family; it's far from that!

I'm involved in my high school girls' hockey club, Future Business Leaders of America, National Honor Society, and I hold a part-time job. In the Daily Herald, the story "AP Poll: Family dinner survives, with distractions" they talked about all the extra stuff that people now to on top of just eating.

I agree that these distractions, such as the television and especially the hot trend of text messages, are not needed when I'm eating dinner the one day that I may get with my parents.

We should all take the 30 minutes it may take to eat and talk about how our day was with the ones who care.

Megan Barnash

Grayslake

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