Mealtimes and their associated rituals are recognised as important aspects of human
socialisation; however, much of the research about mealtimes in early childhood education …

Children attending early childhood education and care centres spend a lot of time fitting in
with institutional routines. This paper uses ethnographic methods and sociocultural activity …

Mealtimes have rarely been considered outside a healthy eating agenda yet may be
important social contexts for children's social, emotional and moral development. Little …

This study examined the everyday practices of families within the context of family mealtime
to investigate how members accomplished mealtime interactions. Using an …

Background Establishing healthy eating behaviours in early life has implications for health
over the life course. As the majority of Australian children aged five and under regularly …

Events that involve food and eating are important parts of the daily routine in which adults
and children participate in child care settings. These events can be viewed as cultural …

This article reports on a specific aspect of a larger study of 'a day in the life'of five two-and-a-
half-year-old girls in families in Canada, Italy, Peru, Thailand and the UK. The larger study …

Food connects people, and can significantly impact the physical, social and emotional
development of young children. Food sharing and family-style mealtimes can support …

This study examines the local enactment of mealtime rules during everyday family dinners.
The data is approached through multimodal interaction analysis and through concepts …

Routine and ritual elements in family mealtimes: Contexts for child wellâ•’being and family
identity Page 1 This chapter focuses on how the routine elements of family mealtimes such as …