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Time Health Magazine stated: "It’s in the teenage years that this daily investment [of eating together] pays some of its biggest dividends. Studies show that the more often families eat together, the less likely kids are to smoke, drink, do drugs, get depressed, develop eating disorders and consider suicide, and the more likely they are to do well in school, delay having sex, eat their vegetables, learn big words and know which fork to use. A meal is about civilizing children. It’s about teaching them to be a member of their culture."
The researchers found essentially that family dinner gets better with practice; the less often a family eats together, the worse the experience is likely to be, the less healthy the food and the more meager the talk. Also they say, the older that kids are, the more they may need this protected time together, but the less likely they are to get it. Busyness and parental self-interest seem to be the culprits.
This is right where we are in our life. Our young people are almost 19, 19, and 21. We are their confidants and coaches, and they desire our time. I make sure the blog and other duties don’t take over my time!
So turn off the radio or the TV (better yet, get rid of the TV), pull up the chairs, pull out a simple pretty tablecloth, let the answering machine take the calls, and just see where this good habit will take you!
“Better a meal of vegetables where there is love than a fattened calf with hatred.†~ Prov. 15: 17
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