The family that eats together has this great bond within them. Most families only have dinner together during festive periods, while some do have dinner together only when something better has happened to them.
Eating together can go a long way in bringing unity and peace, as well as harmony, into the family. There shouldn't be a thing of separation, as they have been bonded with the food they always eat.
August de Richelieu
My mom has a character of eating with her children. Anytime all my brothers and sisters go home for a festive celebration, she would love to see us eating together with her. My dad, on the other hand, has this habit of eating alone, but the first time he saw us eating together with my mom, he felt something was missing in him that he needed to check up on. One day, my mom dished out his food, but he told my mom to dish out his food with everyone. He was tired of eating alone and needed the unity and bond we, the children, had with my mom to also flow to him. Ever since that moment, he started eating together with his family. He found it so interesting eating together with us. The way we drag fish with each other, the way we drag food with each other, and the way we behave while eating. All these are keys to building a better home. We are united even after the death of my mom.
My dad still kept up with this act. Anytime we get home, we all must eat together, as he still enjoys this moment of his life. My husband also would eat with us and my dad together. He called this "unity in making."
This same thing is what I have imbued into my family. Anytime we are eating, none of my kids would ask if they could eat separately. This has been a habit I have inculcated just to unite them together.
My husband also eats with us, as he had learned this from his family as well as mine. He ate with his mom but not his dad. His mum always dishes his dad's food separately while he eats with his mum on the same plate. This is unity in the making, and these habits of ours have been a transition from our parents. There is no day we would not eat together as a family. We all found it a major thing, and also the major thing we found in it is the love that is attached to it. Even after separation, that love will still keep evolving.
Eating together as a family is a way of building a good home and a good family. It's a way of knowing the minds of each other. Whenever we are eating together, there is a possibility of speaking one's mind no matter what. Also, in this making, truth would be revealed, and telling each other a way forward would be the watchword. this I can tag as a strong bond among family.