Dinner With Dad
Dinner With Dad by Cameron Stracher is his memoir of being a high powered lawyer who had jobs in New York, and, Kansas, and, lived in Connecticut.
His crazy schedule and commute led him to realize that he never saw his family, and, he committed to be home by six o’clock at least five days a week to sit down to a real family dinner, and, he’d even help cook that dinner himself.
Though he would find out that it was all harder than it sounded, he was committed to being there for his family, and, relishing what matters most.
He chronicles his adventures in his blog, Dinner With Dad.
The Family Dinner.
In this day and age, it can be a challenge for any family, but, especially so for families of working parents.
Sometimes that ideal adds to the guilt we all face from time to time, because it has been set up as the ideal.
Of course, I realize that it’s important emotionally, socially, and, nutritionally, but, I wonder if it might be that the bonding time together is the idea rather than the actual eating.
From my perspective as a parent, it’s not that my husband or I work crazy hours, it’s more that kids activities, and, other life events can interfere with a daily dinner at the table all at the same time.
We try hard to have dinner at the table together most nights, but, it doesn’t always happen.
How about you?
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2 opinions for Dinner With Dad
carolyn
Jun 29, 2007 at 4:58 am
Thanks for hitting on one of my sore spots. First of all, I hate to cook. Secondly, I have one child that will eat anything, and one that only eats food that is highly processed, meaning chicken nuggets, hotdogs, etc. Add to that all of their activities and , like you, I find it an overwhelming challeneg to get dinner on the table and actually sit down TOGETHER and eat it. We’re all out of school for the summer, but I am considering cooking all our meals on the weekend once school starts back. Then al we have to do it heat and eat, together.
Amy
Jun 29, 2007 at 5:15 am
After a day at work, I want nothing more than to have as much time as possible with my children and my husband. I love to cook and in order to prepare a “proper” dinner for my family I found myself creating meals with extravagant side dishes and themes while my three year old acted out for attention, my infant cried in the high chair, and my husband scrambled to take care of the other household duties each evening.
I gave up trying to be Julia Child in the kitchen. I now make it my goal to get home, make a quick and simple dinner, then focus on the kids until bedtime. It’s not about the meal together, but about creating relaxed time to enjoy together. My husband and I will clean up and pay bills after the kids go to bed, which means that he is available while I cook to keep the two little ones happy.
My favorite tools have become our Webber grill and allrecipes.com.
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