With all the press around the importance of dining as a family, we’ve been making an effort to sit down most nights and eat together. But honestly, it’s pretty thankless. By the time dinner’s ready, my girls (almost 3 and 5) have been whining and asking for snacks for at least a half-hour, and inevitably about a minute after we sit down, I’m back up again fetching some crucial item (a grown-up fork instead of a baby one, bubbles water instead of regular, a pat of butter or the right kind of salt). We’re not having one of those made-for-TV moments and we’re not exactly connecting with each other. Occasionally I wonder if I’m doing it wrong — or if there’s a better way.
So I spoke Julie King, who along with Joanna Farber wrote How to Talk So Little Kids Will Listen. The book addresses all sorts of frustration points parents have with their little ones — and dinnertime is among them. Here’s what I learned.
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