𝑫𝒊𝒅 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒐𝒃𝒂𝒄𝒄𝒐 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒑𝒂𝒏𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒏𝒅 𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓 $9 𝒃𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒏𝒖𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒕𝒐 𝒉𝒐𝒐𝒌 𝒏𝒆𝒘 𝒄𝒖𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒓𝒔?
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𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗸𝗲𝗲𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘁𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘀𝗺𝗼𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴?
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𝑯𝒂𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑭𝒂𝒎𝒊𝒍𝒚 𝑫𝒊𝒏𝒏𝒆𝒓.
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American College of Pediatricians reports that teens who have infrequent family dinners are four times more likely to use tobacco.
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Benefits of the Family Table
Family meals are powerful for many reasons. First, meal times impact all of our senses – the sight, touch, taste, and smell of food, as well as listening to family conversation. Family meals offer the opportunity to spend time together, reconnect after a busy day, communicate with and listen to each other, share values and ideas, and problem solve.
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Family meals provide structure for the day, allowing children to feel more secure and safe, knowing what to expect. They also permit parental monitoring of children’s moods, behavior, and activities, providing parents with insight into the emotional well-being of their children.
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The family table is one of the very few places that children can observe their parents interact, negotiate, solve problems, express emotions and treat one another with respect. A child’s world is mostly spent with peers and teachers; the family table gives them a chance to see how adults interact and cooperate.
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Data on the benefits of the family table taken from the ACP https://www.acpeds.org/the-college-speaks/position-statements/parenting-issues/the-benefits-of-the-family-table