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Sunday, February 3, 2013

Bring Back Family Dinners in Johns Creek

Why and how to put this important ritual back into your busy family’s schedule.

If you found one thing that would help your child perform better academically, grow up with a solid sense of self-esteem and resist drugs, alcohol abuse and sexual promiscuity, would you do it? What if it was as easy as having dinner together regularly as a family?  Research by the Emory University Center for Myth and Ritual in American Life (MARIAL Center) showed that having family dinners together around the table has the potential to provide a child with all of the above benefits. Here are some ideas and resources that can help you make having a nightly family dinner together a reality. Great Tips for Really Busy Families in The Family Dinner The thought of trying to sit down together to a homemade meal every day may seem like an …

Julie Schwartz

9:26 am on Monday, February 4, 2013

What a GREAT wealth of information and resources. The wealth of research on the benefits of family dinners is phenomenal. Amazing that most kid activities run through the dinner hour, but with creativity you can make it happen.   more ›

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