This, soon to be, favorite family tradition, symbolic, one of a kind, personalized plate adorned with your family name is merely a tool for you to masterfully use to create endless opportunities for learning and growth. The Honor Plate is not a plate to just be eaten off of; it is a symbolic tool that helps to create a beautiful and positive environment at the dinner table where people are acknowledged for their good choices and behavior. What better environment than that of the family dinner table with everyone present to celebrate a child and the choices he or she has made. Once your children experience this positive type of recognition, they will be motivated to continue making positive choices.

This is a wonderful opportunity to allow the recipient to shine and feel the pleasure of recognition. Family members will be an important component of this experience and learn as witnesses. Everyone can have an active part in the conversation to discuss the behavior, what it means to them and how it can blossom into the types of choices we make in our futures. Yours will be a family that looks for the good things in each other and will find them.

Proudly display the Honor Plate in your kitchen as a constant reminder of the virtues we need to have as parents as well as look for and reinforce in our children. It's these virtues as well as other acts of good behavior and choices that earn the right to dine on the Honor Plate. You'll be proud to have this special plate accessorize your counter tops. When your guests ask questions about the plate, allow your children to explain it's meaning. Not only will you be impressed, so will your guests.

 

There is a direct correlation between the amount of conversation that happens in the home with the trouble that happens outside the home. Table Thyme is a "get to know you" activity to be enjoyed at the dinner table which teaches family members of all ages the art of discussion and sharing at the dinner table. Family members will learn interesting thought provoking things about themselves and each other they never would have known. The art of discussion is one that is quickly being forgotten. Family members will learn how to share, refrain from judgment, and ask leading questions which help to enhance a healthy conversation while teaching the joy of sharing with and learning from one another. Establish this foundation now while your children are young. Have fun talking about silly, fun, and non-threatening topics now. When your children get older, the issues become more critical. If you haven't established a relationship of trust and communication by then, you can't expect your children to come to you with these matters.

The skill of communication that you establish now in your family will be priceless. The personal socialization skills your children will learn in this safe environment are priceless as well as essential for success. Someone who knows how to communicate well can create endless opportunities for themselves.

When your children get older, you will be glad you have a relationship based on communication and sharing. Ask any parent of a teenager. Start now to build the relationships that will help you get through the many hard-hitting issues coming your way. You'll be amazed at how fun and easy it is.

You'll be able to pull up character specific, historical stories of those who have shown great character to prepare for enlightening conversation at dinner. Imagine having specific information to share about Albert Einstein or Abraham Lincoln the evening one of your children (hey Mom and Dad can earn it too) receives the honor plate for showing Perseverance.

 

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs), advice from published authors, tips to help you with the many challenges facing parents today; time management, quick and easy to make meals, organization, finances, personal relationships, and how to take care of you.

 

Don't cheat yourself out of these priceless memories as your family grows and shares unforgettable times together. Write it all down in your choice of red or brown leather-ite journals.

You'll quickly recognize the magic created by such a special program. The feelings of pride and joy you'll experience, as well as the unmistakable feelings within your child, on the evenings you present the Honor Plate. With Table Thyme, your children will share such amazing information and thoughts that you will not want to leave take any chances on leaving these memories behind .You'll want to keep a journal of these events so you can easily relive and remember the special times your family had at the dinner table celebrating someone's good choices along with their responses to the many issues and questions from Table Thyme.