I can’t tell you how many times I’ve sat in fast food restaurants and heard parents tell their kids, “Eat your food and then you can go play.”
Instead, I let my kids go play first while I peacefully enjoy my meal. When they get tired then they come back and eat. If they play the whole time, we just take their food to go. It doesn’t make sense to make them sit still during the time they could be up exercising. I especially love when exercise is disguised as play.
Whatever works for you! We do that when we travel. We let the kids play while we eat, and then often, we take their food back to the car. Living 500 miles from family...you gotta get that energy out somehow or they're fighting by the time you get there! I do make mine eat before they play if we are staying in town, but only b/c I know they won't eat it later if I take it home.
ReplyDeleteWow Dena wish you gave me this wisdom about 12 years ago:)lol
ReplyDeleteI totally agree with you, Mama! I do the same.
ReplyDeleteYet another great post! So true too! :-)
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