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Do well in school (40% more likely to earn As and Bs in school)

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- eating meals together was a stronger predictor of academic success
- teens who have fewer than three family dinners typical week are more than twice as likely to do poorly in school
- 20% of teens who have frequently family dinners (3 or 4 per week) report receiving mostly Ca or below in school

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Be emotionally content and have lower stress levels

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Dinner is the most reliable way for families to connect and find out what’s going on with each other

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Have positive peer relationships and healthier seating habits

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Refrain from smoking, drinking, and doing

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sitting down for a nightly meal is great for the brain, the body and the spirit

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Believe their parents are proud of them

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According to a university of Illinois childern who did well on tests ate with there family

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Morgan

Better grades are associated with a lower risk of substance abuse

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Researchers  found that for young children, Dianne time conversation boost vocabulary even more than being read to. Young kids learn 1,000 rare words at the dinner table. Kids who have a large vocabulary read earlier and more easily

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More likely to say their parents are proud of them

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Family dinners get you off your phone, which makes you not as tempted to use them at school or while doing homework.

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Family dinners get you off your phone, which makes you not as tempted to use them at school or while doing homework.

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Half of the risk for substance abuse

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Morgan

Teens that don’t eat with their families most likely have the TV on and they don’t talk much

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Tend to eat better

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Eat more fruit vegetables, minerals and vitamins

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Less bad food

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Family meals impacted your senses, sight, touch, taste and smell.

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Half as likely to have depression, anxiety or emotional problems. -Emma

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Common topics to talk about with families during meals are school and sports, family issue and current events and problems

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Mealtimes give children a chance to talk about problems that are bothering them with their parents. -Emma

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Family meals provide structure for your day.

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Parents can monitor moods, behaviour, activities.

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Kids who eat dinner with their parents experience less stress have a better relationship with them...

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Family dinners and mental illness come hand in hand.

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Parents interact, solve problems, express emotions and treat on another with respect.

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Other researchers reported a consistent association between family dinner frequency and teen academic performance. Adolescents who ate family meals 5 to 7 times a week where twice as likely to get A’s in school as those who ate dinners with their family’s fewer than two times a week.

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Regular family dinners help lower teen risk behaviours. Example drinking, smoking, violence, sexual activity, eating disorders etc.

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Turn off the TV.It prohibits meaningful conversation.

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People who don’t eat as a family are 2 and a half times more likely to smoke weed

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Can gain momentum to create stronger connection away from the table.

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Lower rates of depression and suicidal thoughts

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People who don’t eat as a family are 4x more likely to use tobacco

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People who don’t eat as a family are More likely to have access to prescription 🤬 in order to get high.

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Children who eat regular family dinners also consume more fruits, vegetables, vitamins and micronutrients. Young adults who ate regular family meals as teens are less likely to be obese and more likely to eat healthily once they live on their own. Some research has even found a connection between regular family dinners and the reduction of symptoms in medical disorders.

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-Improved vocabulary
-mealtime conversations teach you more vocabulary.
-a survey showed that more then 2000 parents compared academic achievements with fat characters

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Kids who have been victims of cyber bullying have bounced back more readily

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Students who eat dinner with their families other are more likely to do well in school (40% more likely to earn As and Bs in school)

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There are also associations between regular family dinners and good behaviours

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People who don’t eat as a family are Three times more likely to report that at least half of their friends use 🤬

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Teens who have dinner with there family 7 times a week are 40% likelier to receive mostly A’s and B’s

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Eating together is going to Make the kids more independent teens will get more independent too 

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Eating together is going to Make the kids more independent teens will get more independent too 

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People who don’t eat as a family are twice as likely to have friends who use ecstasy.

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Research shows there are major benefits of family dinner to children emotionally, as well as academically

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Family’s also have a more positive view of the future compared to their peers who don’t eat with parents

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Mealtimes offer unique opportunities for children to learn, it can also expand there vocabulary

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People who don’t eat as a family are 80% more likely to know a friend who abuses prescription 🤬.

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More family talk occurs during meantime then any other activities

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Parents need to be warm and engaged, rather than controlling and restrictive, to encourage heathy eating in their children. Kindergartens who watched tv during dinner where more likely to be overweight by the time they where in 3rd grade.

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Children ages 9-14 who have more regular dinners with families have more healthful dietary patterns