Family-Style Dining: Focusing on the Importance of Rituals in Building Relationships.

Parr, Jerry

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ERIC Number: EJ654356

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Publication Date: 2002

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Family-Style Dining: Focusing on the Importance of Rituals in Building Relationships.

Parr, Jerry

Child Care Information Exchange, n145 p53-55 May-Jun 2002

Discusses the importance of family-style dining in early childhood education and care settings for child nutrition, socialization, and cognitive development. Illustrates how family dining experiences build family relationships and provide a context for defining family roles and responsibilities. Shows how easily television can become a mealtime companion to young children. (KB)

Descriptors: Child Care, Classroom Environment, Early Childhood Education, Family Role, Parent Child Relationship, Personal Narratives, Television, Young Children

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers

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Language: English

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