如何才能与孩子一起愉快用餐?

      How to Change Stressful Dinners with Kids into Precious Family Tim

      让用餐时间变成你与孩子的愉快时光

      Meal times are one of the cornerstones of your daily routine. They can be the most joyous part of your day or the most dreaded part of your day.

      用餐是每天生活的基本要素之一，同时用餐时间既可以成为一天中最愉悦的时光，也可以成为一天中最糟糕的时光。

      When you have small children it is very important that you be consistent and that they sit down to eat at roughly the same times every day. It's also important that those times are spaced far enough apart so that your kids have an appetite for what's put in front of them, but not so far apart that the run-up to every meal is marked by the kind of bad behaviour and irritability that’s triggered by hunger and low blood sugar levels.

       如果你家中有小孩，那么，每天坚持在固定的时间围坐在一起吃饭就显得尤为重要。有一点值得注意的是：两次用餐之间要相隔久一点，这样，孩子在食物面前才会有食欲。但是，如果两次用餐之间间隔太久，在餐前的饥饿和低血糖又容易会养成某些坏习惯和引起易怒的情绪。

      Meals though, are not just about getting the right amount and type of food into your kids at the right time. They're also occasions when your family can be together sharing news, talking over what everyone's been up to during the day, sharing successes and disappointments as well as just enjoying each other’s company.

       用餐绝不并不仅仅是指喂饱小孩子，而应该是全家人可以欢聚一堂，彼此分享见闻、畅谈一天中经历的琐事、无论是谈及成功的还是失望的经历，只要能享受彼此相伴的乐趣。

      My family also uses meal times to share how we helped someone or made someone smile that day.

      我的家人就是在吃饭时畅谈我们当天是如何助人为乐，或如何给他人带了欢乐的。

      In many families, meal times are not so enjoyable. Instead, they’re running battles to get kids to eat, behave, or just sit down at the table. How do you turn this scenario around so that mealtimes become one of your favourite times of the day with your family?

      在许多家庭中，吃饭的时候并不是非常愉悦。相反，他们追逐着给小孩喂饭，或规规矩矩地围桌而坐，一言不发。如何扭转这样的局面？ 如何使得就餐时间成为你与家人的愉快时光呢?