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In this issue:1 Greetings from Wendell Oman1 Grace Notes2 Support children – in sickness and
in health
2 Excellence in treatment of children
3 Preparing for a child’s hospital stay
3 Wee Care hospital tour4 Ronald McDonald Care Mobile4 Hospice Corner 4 In Upcoming Issues
Office for Mission &Spiritual Care
The Office for Mission & Spiritual Care provides spiritual care for patients, their families and associates 24 hours a day every day of the year. The office is open Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. To contact us, call 708.684.5175. Evenings and weekends, ask for the paging operator and request #2296 for the house chaplain or #2299 for the emergency department chaplain.
Bridges to Our Faith Communities
Advocate Christ Medical CenterHope Children’s Hospital
Office for Mission and Spiritual Care
September/October 2011Volume 2, Issue 5
Bridges to Our Faith Communities
There can be no keener revelation of a society's soul than the way it treats its children.
Nelson Mandela
With hands and hearts “Children of God,” the wood carving shown in the corner, was created by J. R. Cadawas for our Janet Ozinga Chapel. It depicts children of different races and nations borne up in the mighty hands of God.
At Advocate Hope Children’s Hospital, our entire staff is honored to serve children, the youngest members of our human family. Here we minister to children from our community and from all over the world, serving them with our hands and our hearts.
Many of us in ministry find hospital visitations challenging – especially when the patient is a critically ill child. Rev. Stacey Jutila addresses this topic with compassion and wisdom as she writes from her perspective as chaplain and pediatric bereavement coordinator at Hope Children’s Hospital.
I hope you find Stacey’s words encouraging and helpful and that the other articles in this issue are of value to you also as you serve the families in your congregation.
Having a child hospitalized is difficult. We in Mission & Spiritual Care are ready to support you in providing the very best spiritual care
for a hospitalized child and that child’s family, and we are available for you twenty-four hours a day. Please feel free to call on us.
May the Lord bless the children in your life and continue to bless you as you serve,
Rev. Wendell Oman, Vice PresidentOffice for Mission & Spiritual Care
ConnectionsArt featured in this issue is from Advocate Hope Children’s Hospital. The healing hands sculpture (above) and the stained glass panels (page 2) decorate the hospital chapel, located on the first floor. Ceramic tiles created by children in the community (a selection is shown on page 3) are displayed throughout the hospital.
In this issue
Children’s
Health
Grace Notes are readings, poems or quotes from a variety of faith traditions and writers. Each reflection tries to touch on
the heart of being human in this world. To receive Grace Notes five or seven days a week, please click here or contact
cmc‑[email protected].
Grace Notes
Connections - Advocate Christ Medical Center Office for Mission and Spiritual Care September/October 2011 - Page 2
One Sunday in worship at a local Lutheran church, I was present for a baptism. As the worship assistants poured water from the pitchers into the font, a young boy stood up and applauded. Adults in the pews smiled and realized that they, too, could celebrate and welcome this child into the family of God with similar vigor.
There are countless ways to support children from our faith communities, not only at the time of a baptism or other rituals. Some people teach Sunday school while others show their support through prayer.
But what does it look like to provide support to a child when that child is diagnosed with a serious illness? How does a faith community support a child undergoing treatments or surgery? These questions have led me to serve as a hospital chaplain. I try to find
ways that the stories and rituals of people’s faith traditions can be companions to them in their times of greatest need.
The children I meet at the hospital have taught me the need for child-centered and child-imagined ways of praying, blessing and living in faith. Whether talking about questions of faith, offering prayers or providing practical support, faith communities can offer support to children who are hospitalized.
In the midst of being hospitalized, children often struggle with being away from home. It’s possible to help create practices and rituals with children that help them to stay close to loved ones.
A young boy at the hospital helped me to see the importance of connecting children with things and people from home.
When a child needs advanced medial care, parents are reassured by Advocate Hope Children’s Hospital’s outstanding staff, its years of experience and its extraordinary reputation.
In addition to being the largest pediatric outpatient cancer center in the Midwest, Hope Children’s Hospital is home to The Heart Institute for Children, a national center for research and development and the largest pediatric cardiology program in the Midwest. Children with complex heart problems are referred here from all pars of the world.
Each year, we care for more than 350 premature and seriously ill infants in our neonatal intensive care unit. Many babies born needing critical care are transported here from area hospitals, southern Wisconsin and northwest Indiana.
Staffed by more than 150 pediatricians representing over 30 specialties, Hope Children’s Hospital is a facility designed with kids in mind. Our child-centered environment reduces stress for little patients through pre-surgery tours, brightly colored halls decorated with children’s art and child-sized furnishings. Our physicians and staff have been trained to care for a child’s emotional as well as physical needs.
Recently, Hope Children’s Hospital was ranked by U.S. News and World Report as among the nation’s top 50 children’s hospitals in cardiology and heart surgery and also was honored for Excellence in Life Support by the Extracorporeal Life Support Organization.
Advocate Hope Children’s Hospital
See Support next page.
Excellence in treatment of children
Support children – in sickness and in health
Rev. Stacey Jutila, BCC, Staff Chaplain and Pediatric
Bereavement Coordinator
Connections - Advocate Christ Medical Center Office for Mission and Spiritual Care September/October 2011 - Page 3
Preparing for a child’s hospital stayHere are tips for parents who have a child who will be staying overnight in a hospital or having surgery:
✦ Learn about your child’s condition and the hospital procedures. You will feel more at ease, and your child will sense that confidence.
✦ Answer your child’s questions honestly but don’t give more details than he/she wants.
✦ Have back-up plans in place for home and job before they are needed. This is especially important if you have other children at home.
✦ Encourage your child to express his fears through conversation, drawing pictures and making up songs and stories together. Siblings may ease their worries through such creative expressions, too.
✦ Bring reminders from home, including photos, special toys or animals, pajamas and slippers.
✦ Have faith -- in your child’s strength, in the doctors’ abilities, in your God. For added comfort, talk with your faith leader before and after procedures happen.
Wee Care hospital tourA pre-operative tour for children ages four to 12 and their parents greatly reduces the family’s anxiety by showing them what to expect on the day of surgery in Advocate Hope Children’s Hospital.
A nurse leads them into a pre-op room to listen to the heart and lungs. They put on clothing appropriate for surgery, including the foot covers. Next they go into an operating room where one of the group volunteers to lie on the table. The op lights are turned on; the bed is moved up and down. It’s fun! This relaxed experience removes much of the apprehension of both child and parents.
One-hour tours are offered on the first and third Saturdays of each month at 1 pm. Call 708-684-3132 for more information.
He told me that he missed his grandparents’ ranch and their cows. He couldn’t fathom that he wouldn’t see his grandparents or these cows for weeks on end. What he knew of God’s love was found in the hours spent riding the tractor with his grandpa and feeding the cows with his grandma.
Trying to support this connection, I gave him a toy cow. His mom later told me that he said his bedtime prayers with what had become known as his “holy hospital cow.” Just as much as he needed medicine, this little boy also needed ways to remain connected to his family and share his dreams and fears with God in prayer.
Spiritual needs also arise with the birth of a premature baby. Families can experience an enormous amount of stress when a baby is born weeks early. Many parents must return home while their baby remains hospitalized.
Parents of premature babies often talk about the challenge of deciding when they will take their parental leave time from work. Sometimes they’re forced to choose between taking their leave from work during their baby’s first few weeks of life and waiting until the child comes home. Splitting time between home and the hospital, parents often need help with meals. Preparing dinners, providing gift cards for restaurants near the hospital or buying groceries are ways to provide support. Offering rides to and from the hospital is another way to be of practical help and, at the same time, create a space for conversation and prayer.
When the death of a child is imminent, support from a faith community continues to be important. As I journeyed with a boy in his final days, his parents requested a blessing for him. The boy’s family gathered around his hospital bed while I prayed. I then invited others to share a blessing and make the sign of the cross on his forehead. Each time someone touched his forehead, he let out a deep sigh.
After a while he asked me if he could bless his family. He told each of his loved ones what he had learned from them about life, love and faith. This time of blessing will remain a healing memory for his family.
There are many more situations that children and their families face in the hospital. Each demonstrates ways we can live out our promises to support the children in our faith communities. Whether it is at church on Sunday or in a child’s hospital room, we can stand by the promises we make to children in our faith communities.
Support continued.
He told each of his loved ones what
he had learned from them about life, love and faith.
Rev. Stacey Jutila, BCC, serves as a staff chaplain at Advocate Christ Medical Center and Hope Children's Hospital. She is an ordained pastor in the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America and a graduate of the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago. Her hobbies include running, knitting, yoga and spending time in the great outdoors.
Connections - Advocate Christ Medical Center Office for Mission and Spiritual Care September/October 2011 - Page 4
Our new building
The five institutes
Advocate Christ Medical CenterAdvocate Hope Children’s Hospital
Staff Chaplains:Refat Abukhdeir, Moslem MinistriesCathy Arsenault, MennoniteFr. Bill Browne, Roman CatholicMary Anne Cannon, Roman CatholicP.V. Chandy, QuakerFr. Casimir Eke, Roman CatholicChristy Howard-Steele, Christian Richard James, Southern BaptistStacey Jutila, Evangelical Lutheran ChurchMarjorie Kooy, Christian ReformedEliza Leatherberry, United Church of ChristSr. Peggy Nau, Roman CatholicDavid Safeblade, United Church of ChristTyron Smith, Baptist
Clinical Pastoral Education SupervisorsAngie Keith, Pentecostal
ACPE Supervisory Candidate/ChaplainJanet MacLean, United Church of Christ
ACPE Supervisory Candidate/ChaplainPhyllis Toback, Jewish
ACPE Supervisor/ChaplainClinical Pastoral Education Chaplain Residents
Pashalis Agu, Roman CatholicKathryn Cook, BaptistCarla Powell, Evangelical Lutheran ChurchKifah Shukair, Muslim
Secretarial StaffKaren Darr, 708.684.4189
CPE, Ethics Committee, Office of Vice PresidentFran Genender, 708.684.5175
Eucharistic Ministers, the Department, Office of Manager of Spiritual Services
Administrative StaffCorky DeBoer, Christian Reformed
Manager of Spiritual Services, ACPE SupervisorWendell Oman, Evangelical Free Church of America
Vice-President, Mission & Spiritual Care
Advocate Christ Medical CenterAdvocate Hope Children’s Hospital
4440 West 95th Street, Oak Lawn, IL 60453 708.684.8000
Other Advocate Health Care Facilities:Advocate BroMenn Medical Center, NormalAdvocate Condell Medical Center, LibertyvilleAdvocate Eureka Hospital, EurekaAdvocate Good Samaritan, Downers GroveAdvocate Good Shepherd Hospital, BarringtonAdvocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center, ChicagoAdvocate Lutheran General Hospital, Park RidgeAdvocate Lutheran General Children’s Hospital, Pk. Ridge Advocate South Suburban Hospital, Hazel CrestAdvocate Trinity Hospital, Chicago
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Like all Ronald McDonald Care Mobiles around the country, the Advocate Hope Children’s Hospital’s RMCM is geared to identify gaps in care and then deliver services to fill those gaps -- all tailored to the needs of the community.
Routine school and sport physicals make up a lot of the work of our RMCM. Immunizations, critical in ongoing good health, is another popular service our RMCM offers our community.
Hope Children’s Hospital’s RMCM makes visits to both schools and congregations in the area with each stop lasting around four hours. It has partnered with half a dozen area schools, and the RMCM pulls up once a month to assist families at those schools. It also stops at several area churches annually, usually during the summer months. Young families in need whose children have not yet begun school find this especially helpful. There is no charge for services for the uninsured or the underserved, and children two and older may be treated.
For information or scheduling, contact Jacqueline Evans at [email protected] or 708-684-5418.
All Ronald McDonald Care Mobile services are provided in state-of-the-art vehicles built especially for delivering pediatric health care services.
Ronald McDonald Care Mobile
This service is open to families who have experienced the death of a child who received care at Advocate Hope Children's Hospital. The service will take place at 2 PM on September 25th in the Advocate Christ Medical Center Auditorium. Siblings and children are welcome to attend with their families. The child life specialists and art therapists will have special activities for children during the service. Please contact Chaplain Stacey Jutila, Pediatric Bereavement Coordinator, at 708.684.5174 or [email protected] with any questions.
Annual Advocate Hope Children's Hospital Remembrance Service
Each vehicle includes two patient examination rooms, a laboratory and reception and medical records areas.
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ell d
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se
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er:
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ng G
od, I
pra
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r th
ose
with
sic
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reat
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om p
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pe
rson
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le s
ome
have
chr
onic
(lon
g-te
rm) p
ain,
thos
e w
ith
mild
er p
ain
can
ofte
n tr
eat i
t at h
ome
by fo
llow
ing
sim
ple
and
natu
ral s
teps
that
are
ofte
n ef
fect
ive:
✦St
ay w
ell h
ydra
ted.
Dri
nk lo
ts o
f wat
er (a
nd o
ther
liqu
ids)
.✦
Get
ple
nty
of r
est.
✦St
ay a
way
from
cig
aret
te s
mok
e.
Thos
e w
ith s
ickl
e ce
ll di
seas
e ne
ed to
be
awar
e of
wha
t tr
igge
rs p
ain
for
them
. Her
e ar
e so
me
poss
ibili
ties:
✦To
o m
uch
exer
cise
. Sto
p at
the
first
sig
n of
bei
ng ti
red.
✦
Col
d te
mpe
ratu
res
and
high
win
ds. A
void
bot
h if
poss
ible
. C
arry
a s
wea
ter
and
pair
of s
ocks
whe
n at
tend
ing
mov
ies
or
rest
aura
nts,
so
you
are
prep
ared
if y
ou fe
el c
hille
d.
Pare
nts
of a
chi
ld w
ith s
ickl
e ce
ll di
seas
e ha
ve e
xtra
wor
k.
Bei
ng c
erta
in a
ll im
mun
izat
ions
are
cur
rent
and
sch
edul
ing
regu
lar
chec
kups
are
cri
tical
, of c
ours
e. W
hile
the
child
can
pa
rtic
ipat
e in
nor
mal
sch
ool a
ctiv
ities
, par
ents
nee
d to
tell
teac
hers
abo
ut th
e re
perc
ussi
ons
of th
e di
seas
e –
poss
ibly
m
ore
freq
uent
bat
hroo
m tr
ips
and
the
need
for
liqui
ds.
Find
ing
a su
ppor
t gro
up c
an b
e a
big
bene
fit. Y
ou fo
rm
frie
ndsh
ips
with
oth
ers
with
sim
ilar
need
s, y
our
sens
e of
hop
e gr
ows
and
you
know
you
are
not
alo
ne w
ith th
is d
isea
se.
Stre
ss o
ften
acco
mpa
nies
sic
kle
cell
dise
ase,
too,
but
you
can
le
arn
way
s to
hel
p yo
u re
lax.
Pra
yer,
med
itatio
n, v
isua
lizat
ion
or g
uide
d im
ager
y, d
eep
brea
thin
g an
d se
lf-ta
lk a
re m
etho
ds
to tr
y. N
otic
e w
hat w
orks
for
you.
And
turn
to y
our
faith
le
ader
and
faith
com
mun
ity fo
r su
ppor
t.
Nor
mal
blo
od c
ells
con
tain
hem
oglo
bin,
an
iron
-ric
h pr
otei
n.
The
cells
are
dis
c-sh
aped
and
eas
ily c
arry
oxy
gen
thro
ugh
the
bloo
d ve
ssel
s.
Sick
le c
ells
con
tain
an
abno
rmal
hem
oglo
bin
that
cha
nges
the
shap
e of
the
bloo
d ce
lls in
to c
resc
ent m
oons
. (Th
e di
seas
e is
na
med
for
this
sic
kle-
like,
cre
scen
t sha
pe.)
This
sha
pe k
eeps
th
e si
ckle
cel
ls fr
om fl
owin
g sm
ooth
ly th
roug
h th
e bl
ood
vess
els.
The
se c
ells
are
als
o st
iff a
nd s
ticky
, and
som
etim
es
they
get
stu
ck a
nd b
lock
blo
od fl
ow, c
ausi
ng p
ain
and
som
etim
es d
amag
ing
orga
ns, m
uscl
es a
nd b
ones
.
Sick
le c
ell d
isea
se is
mos
t com
mon
in th
ose
who
se fa
mili
es
com
e fr
om A
fric
a, S
outh
or
Cen
tral
Am
eric
a (e
spec
ially
Pa
nam
a), C
arib
bean
isla
nds,
Med
iterr
anea
n co
untr
ies
(suc
h as
Tu
rkey
, Gre
ece
and
Italy
), In
dia
and
Saud
i Ara
bia.
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dis
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oc
curs
in 1
out
of 5
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fric
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mer
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ffect
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to 1
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00 p
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the
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ted
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es, m
ostly
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fric
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mer
ican
s.
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is a
life
-lon
g, in
heri
ted
dise
ase.
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se w
ho h
ave
it ar
e bo
rn w
ith it
; the
y in
heri
ted
two
gene
s fo
r si
ckle
hem
oglo
bin,
on
e fr
om e
ach
pare
nt. W
hen
a ch
ild in
heri
ts th
e ge
ne fr
om
just
one
par
ent,
that
chi
ld h
as s
ickl
e ce
ll tr
ait n
ot s
ickl
e ce
ll di
seas
e bu
t can
pas
s th
e si
ckle
hem
oglo
bin
gene
on
to th
eir
child
ren
who
may
or
may
not
get
the
dise
ase.
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r th
e pa
st 1
00 y
ears
, doc
tors
hav
e le
arne
d a
grea
t dea
l ab
out t
his
dise
ase.
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pro
per
care
and
trea
tmen
t, m
any
peop
le w
ho h
ave
sick
le c
ell d
isea
se c
an h
ave
impr
oved
qu
ality
of l
ife a
nd r
easo
nabl
e he
alth
muc
h of
the
time.
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r Is
Nat
iona
l Sic
kle
Cel
l Dis
ease
Aw
aren
ess
Mon
th
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visi
on a
nd fa
mily
din
ners
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er:
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r G
od, a
s I g
athe
r m
y fa
mily
toge
ther
for
an
even
ing
mea
l, he
lp u
s no
uris
h ea
ch o
ther
’s he
arts
and
so
uls
as w
e fe
ast o
n go
od fo
od th
at y
ou p
rovi
de. A
men
.
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ltim
e w
hen
you
live
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n fu
n fo
r ki
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mer
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iety
for
Nut
ritio
n)
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e is
a b
ig d
iffer
ence
bet
wee
n di
ning
and
eat
ing,
and
for
thos
e w
ho li
ve a
lone
, tha
t diff
eren
ce is
felt
ever
y da
y. M
ost
peop
le w
ho li
ve a
lone
turn
on
the
tele
visi
on fo
r co
mpa
ny a
nd
mak
e th
eir
mea
l pre
sent
atio
n as
sim
ple
as p
ossi
ble,
but
it
does
n’t h
ave
to b
e th
at w
ay.
Her
e ar
e so
me
idea
s to
mak
e m
ealti
me
mor
e pl
easu
rabl
e fo
r th
ose
who
live
alo
ne:
✦If
you
eat y
our
mea
ls a
lone
at h
ome,
trea
t you
rsel
f to
a sp
ecia
l sol
o di
ning
exp
erie
nce
and
lear
n to
enj
oy th
e so
litud
e. P
repa
re a
won
derf
ul m
eal,
play
you
r fa
vori
te
mus
ic, s
et a
bea
utifu
l tab
le a
nd u
se y
our
love
liest
dis
hes.
D
anie
l Hal
pern
, in
the
book
How
to E
at A
lone
, tal
ks a
bout
th
e sm
ells
and
ant
icip
atio
n th
at w
e ca
n ex
peri
ence
eve
n w
hen
our
tabl
e is
set
for
just
one
: “R
aise
you
r gl
ass
in h
onor
of
you
rsel
f. Th
e co
mpa
ny is
the
best
you
’ll e
ver
have
.”✦
Whe
n ea
ting
in a
res
taur
ant,
avoi
d th
e in
clin
atio
n to
hid
e in
a
corn
er o
r bu
ry y
our
head
in a
boo
k. A
sk to
be
seat
ed in
th
e fr
ont w
here
you
can
see
and
be
seen
. The
n yo
u ca
n en
joy
the
show
as
wel
l as
the
mea
l!✦
If yo
u liv
e in
an
apar
tmen
t and
wis
h to
enj
oy m
ore
mea
ls
with
oth
ers,
get
cre
ativ
e! B
ring
des
sert
to a
nei
ghbo
r; it
’s le
ss o
f a c
omm
itmen
t tha
n an
ent
ire
mea
l and
a n
ice
way
to
get t
o kn
ow s
omeo
ne. O
r or
gani
ze a
tast
ing
part
y in
whi
ch
each
par
ticip
ant p
uts
a t.v
. tra
y ou
tsid
e hi
s do
or w
ith s
ampl
e si
zes
of a
favo
rite
food
. The
n fo
r on
e ho
ur, n
eigh
bors
sa
mpl
e ea
ch o
ther
s fa
vori
tes
whi
le c
hatti
ng in
the
hall.
Even
for
a pa
rty
of o
ne, f
ood
can
be e
xciti
ng a
nd e
njoy
able
. M
ake
each
of y
our
dini
ng e
xper
ienc
es th
e ve
ry b
est p
ossi
ble.
Man
y fa
mili
es e
at th
eir
mea
ls to
geth
er in
fron
t of t
he
tele
visi
on s
et. I
nste
ad o
f sha
ring
the
high
s an
d lo
ws
of th
e da
y,
lear
ning
mor
e ab
out e
ach
othe
r or
sim
ply
enjo
ying
the
com
fort
of b
eing
toge
ther
with
love
d on
es, t
hey
turn
thei
r at
tent
ion
away
from
fam
ily a
nd to
wha
teve
r is
on
the
scre
en.
The
cons
eque
nces
are
ser
ious
:
✦W
hen
fam
ilies
tune
in to
TV
inst
ead
of e
ach
othe
r, th
ey m
iss
oppo
rtun
ities
to c
onne
ct. R
egul
ar ta
ble
talk
hel
ps p
aren
ts
and
child
ren
unde
rsta
nd e
ach
othe
r, m
akin
g it
easi
er to
talk
th
roug
h to
ugh
issu
es w
hen
they
ari
se. P
layf
ul e
xcha
nges
, w
itnes
sing
goo
d lis
teni
ng, o
fferi
ng o
ne a
noth
er s
uppo
rt –
all
this
is lo
st w
hen
the
TV is
on
duri
ng d
inne
r.
✦Pe
ople
who
wat
ch T
V w
hile
eat
ing
tend
to e
at m
indl
essl
y,
unaw
are
of th
e fla
vor,
colo
r an
d te
xtur
e th
eir
food
and
, m
ore
impo
rtan
tly, h
ow m
uch
they
con
sum
e. B
ecau
se th
ey
mis
s th
eir
bodi
es’ c
ues
to s
top
eatin
g, th
ey d
on’t
know
w
hen
they
’ve
had
enou
gh.
✦R
esea
rch
sugg
ests
that
chi
ldre
n w
ho e
at d
inne
r w
ith th
eir
pare
nts
tend
to e
at m
ore
heal
thfu
lly –
con
sum
ing
less
sa
tura
ted
fat a
nd m
ore
valu
able
nut
rien
ts th
an th
eir
unsu
perv
ised
pee
rs. T
heir
food
cho
ices
det
erio
rate
whe
n th
ey e
at in
fron
t of t
he T
V.
If yo
u w
ant t
o br
eak
the
dinn
er/te
levi
sion
hab
it, y
ou c
an b
egin
by
turn
ing
off t
he T
V o
ne n
ight
a w
eek.
Whe
n ev
eryo
ne is
se
ated
, exp
ress
gra
titud
e fo
r th
e fo
od b
efor
e yo
u. O
ffer
plea
sant
sto
ries
abo
ut y
our
day.
Lis
ten
as o
ther
s sp
eak.
Mak
e th
at T
V-fr
ee d
inne
r th
e hi
ghlig
ht o
f the
day
. . .
soo
n it
will
be
ever
yone
’s fa
vori
te m
eal o
f the
wee
k.
Oct
ober
Is
Eat T
oget
her,
Eat
Bet
ter
Mon
th.
10-11