With school starting back schedules are busier than ever, which makes finding time to sit down to dinner even more difficult. However, whether you’re sitting down to a macaroni and cheese dinner or a three-course meal, the simple act of eating dinner with your kids has a powerful impact on the whole family.
Almost two decades of research by The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse (CASA) at Columbia University has consistently found that the more often kids eat dinner with their families, the less likely they are to smoke, drink or use drugs.
Studies show that kids who have family dinner five times a week are:
— 45 percent less...
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