Study after study has shown that families that eat dinner together at least four or five nights a week do better across the board in almost every category. Less drug abuse, less teen pregnancy, better students, healthier relationships, better overall self esteem, and family members have a sense of belonging and are more successful and satisfied as adults.
With all these studies showing the importance of family dinner time, why are American's walking away from the family table more and more? It is a sad commentary of the priorities of the families when productive, family time gets at the bottom of the to-do lists. Family dinner does take effort on the part of the parents, they have to plan, purchase, prepare and clean up the clutter and mess of dinner. But these relatively minor inconveniences are surely shadowed by their productivity and importance.
Why is the American family declining in value? Why is the divorce rate so intolerably high? The priorities of families have switched from people to products, with the productivity of the parents and the quest for the American dream at the expense of the children a higher priority. Yes, dinner can be ordered from fast food or bought out of a hot food display case, but to show your family that they are a priority to you, fix dinner once in a while. The options are always healthier, while maybe not as convenient, they price is worth far more than anything else you can do. Families have to put aside time every day for each other; eating, talking, visiting, supporting, loving and nurturing.
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