WEBVTT - Try a family breakfast

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of iHeartRadio. Good Morning.

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<v Speaker 1>This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast. Today's

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<v Speaker 1>tip is to try a family breakfast. Having a family

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<v Speaker 1>meal doesn't always need to mean dinner. A family breakfast

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<v Speaker 1>could be a great way to start the day at

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<v Speaker 1>least once a week or so. So lots of people

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<v Speaker 1>tell me that they would like to have regular family meals. However,

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<v Speaker 1>many families don't have schedules where that is easy to

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<v Speaker 1>pull off. At least during the week, kids have activities,

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<v Speaker 1>parents have work or work travel, and so people aren't

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<v Speaker 1>always in the same place at the same time. Plus,

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<v Speaker 1>there is no one doing these somewhat thankless work of

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<v Speaker 1>unveiling a pot roast Norman Rockwell style on the table

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<v Speaker 1>at six pm. But that doesn't mean that family meals

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<v Speaker 1>can't happen. One option is to look at breakfast. If

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<v Speaker 1>your kids all leave at roughly the same time, like

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<v Speaker 1>on a bus or in the car for school, then

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<v Speaker 1>maybe the adults can adjust their schedules once or twice

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<v Speaker 1>a week to sit down at the table at about

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<v Speaker 1>the same time that they do. This is often most

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<v Speaker 1>workable if you aim for the days that the adults

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<v Speaker 1>will be working from home. Everyone can eat a bowl

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<v Speaker 1>of cereal, but at least you're all eating it together.

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<v Speaker 1>Or you have a batch of muffins and a bunch

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<v Speaker 1>of bananas in a bowl and everyone grabs one of each.

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<v Speaker 1>Weekends might provide a bit more time. Older children may

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<v Speaker 1>not want to get up early on a weekend morning,

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<v Speaker 1>but perhaps you could do a family brunch on a

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<v Speaker 1>Saturday or a Sunday. People can divvy up cooking pancakes, bacon, eggs,

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<v Speaker 1>and maybe you make festive drinks. It's cheaper than going out,

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<v Speaker 1>and you can linker at the table longer than any

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<v Speaker 1>restaurant will allow. Of course, family breakfast doesn't have to

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<v Speaker 1>be lengthy. My guess is that you might be able

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<v Speaker 1>to build it into your regular morning routine. But if

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<v Speaker 1>you're worried about it, maybe everyone wakes up five minutes earlier,

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<v Speaker 1>spend five to ten minutes at the table, and compress

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<v Speaker 1>something else. As with most things in life, the habit

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<v Speaker 1>of eating together is not about making every single meal incredible.

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<v Speaker 1>It's about doing something regularly enough that you build closeness

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<v Speaker 1>through sheer repetition. If you eat breakfast most days, then

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<v Speaker 1>breakfast provides the occasional opportunity to build that habit just

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<v Speaker 1>as much as dinner does. And hey, if your household

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<v Speaker 1>is anything like mine, people are much more fond of

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<v Speaker 1>breakfast food than they tend to be of dinner foods.

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<v Speaker 1>Everyone likes waffles. Make some waffles and that might just

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<v Speaker 1>be enough to lure everyone to the table. In the meantime.

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<v Speaker 1>This is Laura. Thanks for listening, and here's to making

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<v Speaker 1>the most of our time. Thanks for listening to Before Breakfast.

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<v Speaker 1>If you've got questions, ideas, or feedback, you can reach

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<v Speaker 1>me at Laura at Laura vandercam dot com. Before Breakfast

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