Family meal time is the most positive, powerful thing you can do to change the course of your family!
A University of Michigan study of children’s time found that meal time at home was the single strongest predictor of better achievement scores and fewer behavioral problems. Meal time was far more powerful than time spent in school, studying, church, playing sports, and art activities.
Let’s let that sink in for a minute! Time spent around the family dinner table talking and sharing has a more positive effect on your children than any other activity you can do together! More research benefits of family mealtime to come.
Here’s my challenge for your family:
Commit to having family meal time four (4) or more times per week for four (4) weeks or 30 days. I challenge you to see for yourself the difference one month of family meal time can make in your family dynamics when you begin to connect and converse around the family table.
In 30 days send me your stories of family meal time and you’ll be entered to win a FREE copy of
Food for Talk® Bringing families together one conversation at a time. Some of the best stories I’ll be posting on the website.
Why have family meal time? Don’t miss the next blog to find out the amazing research benefits for your kids of family dinner!
“Family mealtime has been a lifetime passion, and my most cherished memories with my children have been around our family dinner table,” says best-selling author and award winning journalist Julienne Smith. Smith has taken her love for family dinners and created Food for Talk®, Bringing families together one conversation at a time, a recipe box filled with 200 conversation starters for mealtime to encourage meaningful conversation and connection at dinner time. Read More
