Increasing economic pressures only exacerbate these cultural trends, as many families are forced to work two jobs to afford the basics and have little time to slow down and have dinner."
While tempted to joust against these knee jerk explanations, I proceed to the best thing about the breakdown of family meals. It is the suggestion that we are all meant to feed ourselves according to how our body-minds evaluate our needs. I have significant and talk-filled meals with folk but the notion that this needs to be the same food for everyone around the same table is crazy. Each person is unique in terms of their dietary needs. If you get kidney stones you do not want to be eating all the good things Michelle Obama approves of if they're high oxilate. The more we learn about ourselves the less we will be tempted to go for family meals that feed everyone from the same menu. I anticipate that kitchens like cars will become options not necessities. We are changing. The world is catching up.