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The setting used meal and snack times to encourage the children to develop independence through making choices, serving food and drink and feeding themselves.

Write down the 8 principles of practice covering confidentiality from the Data Protection Act 1998.

Policies and precedures of the setting support children and young people to feel safe and secure. Policies exists to ensure the well being of all pupils within the setting, ensuring they are safeguarded and cared for physcially, emotionally, socially and educationally. The behaviour policy focuses on incorporating a code of conduct, an agreed set of rules which underpin the values of the school and exist to keeping children safe. The setting support pupils to feel respected and be respectful by demonstrating positive role models of behaviour and promoting high standards of behaviour from all. Promoting inclusion, equal opportunities without bullying and discrimination and clear rules with consistent sanctions when rules are broken. They support

Three of the things that will apply to make mealtime more comfortable and pleasant for children will be: First I will start by having them to serve their own food. This will give them an opportunity to choose what they will be eating and put it on their plate. Another thing will be to participate on making fun food activities, like creating a rainbow with their vegetables and fruits. Or making our own pizza. I will make conversation to each them while they eat so they can share feels or questions they might have.

The ways of the past are becoming more and more obsolete as the years go by, because our society is rewriting how we should live our lives on a daily basis. With this world constantly changing we have shattered our socialization for the worst when nit comes to communication with other people on a daily basis. Mealtimes have become scares, because everyone wants to do their own thing, get done quick for the day light is fleeting fast, and most importantly no one has anything to talk about when they come home. According to Elinor and Shohet in their article "The Cultural Structuring Of Mealtime Socialization” expresses the issue of mealtime socializing. They state the mealtimes are more of a tradition passed down from generation to generation and then becomes a symbol with in a home. (Elinor and Shohet, 36) With them implying that parents actually have to take effort in passing this tradition down to their children and so forth has become a dying art form, because of the lack of parenting and teaching. According to Mona and Benga their article "The Relationship Between Cultural Model, Socialization Goals And Parental Ethnotheories: A Mixed Method Study” Brings up a lot of good points about how children learn from their parents. There are three main key factors that help out with these socialization issues passed on to each generation. They are, Parental Cultural Models,

| This is important because it gives staff and parents the opportunity to talk and pass on important information about the child. Emotional - as young children don’t like parting from their parent

I strongly believe that eating together as a family is more important today than in the past because of the competing distractions from technology, more activities outside the home and the variety of convenient fast food restaurants. As Nader states, “We're drowning in photographs and videos, capturing every mundane moment of our birthdays, holidays and vacations. Yet these can be no more than pleasant distractions, only scratching the surface of our real relationships.” Sharing stories around the dinner table can have a more powerful and lasting impact that digital technology. In today's society children are learning about the world from many different sources; therefore, the only opportunity to communicate as a family is at the dinner table. Children need a shared, safe place to discuss ideas within the understanding company of a family and parents need time to connect with their kids. I live in a busy household with 3 siblings who all play sports and have part time jobs aside from getting an education. Unfortunately, we do not eat dinner together every night due to our busy lifestyles, but we all try to sit down together every Sunday night. This tradition has existed for many years and is

I have noticed that Charlie's mom did not prepare dinner for him for couple times. I asked teacher Gigi whether she knew the situation or not. She said that Charlie's mom preferred to bring him dinner instead of order the dinner from us. The problem was she needed to work late so she was not able to deliver the dinner for Charlie during 6 to 7 pm. Charlie has to stay hungry during class time. I do not think it is proper to let the kids go hungry while he is learning. It is not productive and healthy for the children

“Tell me what you eat, and I’ll tell you who you are,” wrote renowned gastronome Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin in 1825. Sitting down to eat with others, has always had significant meaning over the course of history, be it the Passover meal or The Last Supper. In today’s fast paced, chaotic times, sitting down with your kids to eat a meal, could be the single most important step a family can, and should, take in regards to food and overall familial well-being. It has been studied as one of the most important factors in relation to lowering adolescent risk- factors and obesity in children. Family meal time has also been shown to decrease negative effects in children, due to being bullied at school, and other emotional issues. Open communication

This paper will explore several ways in which frequent family dinners are beneficial to social development. My argument will consist of three main points backed by several research papers. First, according to a study, family dinners encourage healthy eating which discourages weight problems like obesity (Neumark-Sztainer, Hannan, Story, Croll, Perry, 2003). As indicated by the International Life Sciences institute in a review of existing research, overweight and obese children are more likely to be involved in bullying, (both as victim and as perpetrator) (Kukaswadia et al., 2011). It therefore stands to reason that family meals can indirectly discourage this particular form of social difficulty. My second point is as follows. A study by Fulkerson et al. (2005) found an inverse relationship between frequent family meals and high-risk behaviors, many of which are considered socially inappropriate, such as violence and antisocial tendencies. It is likely that this negative correlation is in part due to the structure and stability offered by routine family dinners. Children and adolescents in an open and honest family mealtime environment are also more likely to express their emotions (Fulkerson et al. 2010). This gives parents the opportunity to address problems that might lead to high-risk behaviors. Finally, exposure to language is invaluable to the social development of children. Thanks to the prevalence of language at the dinner table, mealtime is a good opportunity for

Mealtime is the perfect time for families to get together, catch up and wind down. This time can be used to catch up with each other and learn new things about the people that we live with and love. Many families feel that there is not enough time in the day to cook and sit down together. In the article “ How Eating at Home Can Save Your Life” written by Mark Hyman, MD he states “Americans spend more time watching cooking on the Food Network, than actually preparing their own meals.” If families are saying there is not enough time to cook a meal and sit down and enjoy it together what does that say about their priorities? Meal time with our families need to become a priority

In the article “Teens Get Extra Helping of Emotional Welfare at Frequent Family Dinners” Sharon Jayson presents new research that shows tries to answer the question to an idea that Family Dinners are beneficial to children. Even though the research was extensive it has turned up inconclusive data about the matter. The reason’s for this inconclusive data is that there were many factors that could affect the child’s psychological mind frame, or academic standing at school. The research also took a totally different turn once the child entered their adolescent years and a plethora of new factors came into play. According to Daniel Miller, an assistant professor of social work at Boston University, “When kids get older, they are less likely to eat meals with their parents.” What makes the change to adolescence a major change. It may be because as a child grows older they are trying to find themselves and feel at times their parents don’t understand them so they pull away from them. It is also possible that once the child evolves into a teen they aren’t as reliant on their parents and they create their own schedule and their parents start to adjust their lives accordingly as well.

The Factors That Should Be Determined When Planning A Meal That Is Served In An Institution With Regards To Guidelines And Population Served

Eating dinner as a family is not a practice purely saved for special occasions and holidays. It is a practice that can and should be carried out on a daily basis. This practice of sharing food and eating together as a social unit is called commensality (Ochs 2006 p. 37). Through commensality, parents and children, specifically adolescent children, are able to connect and communicate about themselves and their lives. There are a multitude of benefits that go along with that including better well-being for the adolescent and a stronger family unit. But these same types of conditions and benefits are not found at other mealtimes. There are rarely family breakfasts or family lunches, due to how busy adolescents and adults are during those times. There is clearly something special and unique about dinner and its benefits that is worth taking a closer look into.

Food is the only thing that connects everyone in the world because everyone has to eat in order to live and function properly. Food is a necessity, but it is often used for other enjoyable activities such as dates, business meetings, and other celebrations as well. Most Americans have two to three meals a day at the least, but some third-world countries do not have a meal at all. With that being said, any question or statement concerning food can be very emotional or just everyday normal conversation. Whatever the case may be, the style of dining always has to be determined based on the desire for that day. Cooking at home and eating out have many advantages and disadvantages such as cost, family time, and nutrition; therefore, these aspects of dining affect everyday life in multiple ways.