The Benefits of Eating Meals Together

Dining together as a family has become rare in today’s hectic life.  School activities and career demands can make dining together impossible. But, if you can squeeze out time twice a week to sit down together for dinner or any meal, you and your family can benefit in several ways. Eating meals together can help:

• Maintain lines of communication
• Build stronger relationships
• You share the events of the day
• Reduce teen rates of addiction and depression
• Show children how they are the priority in their parent’s lives
• You find out more about your children’s likes and dislikes, which help start meaningful conversations
• Parents guide children toward positive activities and behaviors
• Children get higher grades on average

Sitting down for every family meal simply isn’t possible today, but trying to sit down together a few nights a week can help your children even when you’re not there.