Comments on: Food: Fun, Friends and Fulfillment: Positive Psychology and Paladares

By: Rose

Rose — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 13:19:16 +0000

Dear Bridget,
I loved your article. I agree sharing family meals together makes for a stronger family bond. My two school age daughters, my husband and I all have hectic schedules. Which includes work children’s extra activities like: swimming, karate, and girl scouts. Though we always make time to eat a home cooked meal together though it may be a late dinner; but at least we are all together talking and sharing about our day.
Has there been any studies that show which families eat family dinners more together: single parents with children or married couples with their children? Also, does it help if children contribute in the preparation of making the families dinners along with the mother or father?
The paladares is a very interesting idea to experience new cultures besides your own. It sounds like a great wonderful experience to be a part of that.
I enjoyed reading your article!
Thanks,
Rose

By: anna

anna — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 11:14:04 +0000

Hi Bridget, I find you’re article very important not only on the family level but also on the eating habits level. When parents eat with their children they can monitor what the child eat and also set an exemplar.
Also I have a question to you and to the other students. Im medical psychology.

I’m doing my research on weight loss. I’m comparing the clinical Psychotherapy approach to the positive Psychotherapy approach in weight loss programs -support groups.

I have tried to find models/ research / article on the subject but unfortunately I came up with nothing.

Do you know any models/ research / article

That compares the two therapeutic approaches, or maybe research on positive psychology and diet in support group?

By: Kathryn Britton

Kathryn Britton — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:41:30 +0000

Bridget, do you by any chance have a clearer image of the graph? I can’t read the country names. Sometimes making a .gif file instead of a .jpg file makes things better.

Kathryn

By: bridget

bridget — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:41:28 +0000

Hi Senia

Great to meet you at the Philadelphia conference at long last!

Along a similar theme, we always used to say Grace before a meal at junior school, but not at senior school. Maybe there will be a pos psych revival of it.

Bridget

By: bridget

bridget — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:34:05 +0000

Hi Libby

Thanks for idea of the “progressive supper”. Sounds like great fun to me; I wonder if the place I live in would be up for it. I’ll suggest it to a few people and see what they think.

BTW can you email me at bridgetatworkmaddotcodotuk?

Thanks
Bridget

By: Senia

Senia — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 03:06:32 +0000

Oi! You’re telling the truth, Bridget!
I think this is the most important thing. No phone calls during the evening meal. Calm, easiness.

I’ve heard a lot of pos psych researchers go over the Three Good Things (Three Blessings) with their kids over dinner.

Thanks, gnight,
Senia

By: Libby Hartz

Libby Hartz — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 19:31:28 +0000

Hi Bridget

I really enjoyed this article. It reminded me of an annual event in the village that my mother lives in in Hampshire, UK. The community hosts a “progressive supper”. Everyone meets at the village hall at the appointed hour on the appointed day. They get given an envelope which tells them which home they need to go to for their starter / appetiser course, what time they need to move and where they are going for their main course / entree and then what time they need to move on and where they are going for dessert. At the end of the evening, everyone gathers back in the village hall for coffee and chocolates!

It’s a great way to develop friendships across the community and is a really social event where everyone is mixed together with the chief purpose of having a great time whilst sharing a meal! Literally 100s of people participate.

Maybe we can take this paladeres idea a little further and foster positive communities?

Libby x