132. Family Breakfasts: What We're Doing Instead of Family Dinners

<p> <!-- wp:image {"align":"center","id":445667,"sizeSlug":"large","linkDestination":"none"} --></p> <div class="wp-block-image"><img class="wp-image-445667" src= "https://moneysavingmom.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/IMG_1874-2-630x630.jpg" alt="" /></div> <p><!-- /wp:image --> <!-- wp:paragraph --></p> <p>A few years ago, we went through a season with a lot of evening activities. During that season, we decided to switch from family dinners to family breakfasts.</p> <p><!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --></p> <p>We would all eat a hot breakfast (usually eggs and bacon, maybe toast or pancakes, too) and spend some time reading the Bible and talking together. We were homeschooling at the time and didn't have any specific time we needed to get out the door in the mornings, so it worked so well for our family.</p> <p><!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:image {"align":"center","id":445670,"sizeSlug":"large","linkDestination":"none"} --></p> <div class="wp-block-image"><img class="wp-image-445670" src= "https://moneysavingmom.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/IMG_1875-2-630x630.jpg" alt="" /></div> <p><!-- /wp:image --> <!-- wp:paragraph --></p> <p>Recently, we've had a lot going on in the evenings and we were noticing that we weren't getting to have family dinners very regularly. We called a family meeting and asked for people to give their ideas on what we could do to have more time together around the table.</p> <p><!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --></p> <p>(Tip: want to come up with creative solutions for your family? Call a family meeting and let everyone weigh in and then come to an agreement on what might work. Your kids are much more likely to want to go along with the plan if they helped create it in the first place!)</p> <p><!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --></p> <p>After our family meeting, we all decided together to go back to having family breakfasts again. Jesse and Kaitlynn need to be out the door to ice-skating by 8 a.m., so we decided to have family breakfasts at 7:30 a.m. I've been