The Importance of Family Dinners

Here is an interesting study from The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse (CASA) at Columbia University. Some very interesting statistics to mull over, but the thing that stood out the most to me was this observation:

What They Want at the Table is You
This year’s report finds that 84 percent of teens prefer to have dinner with their families rather than eat alone. Eighty-one percent of 16- and 17-year olds also prefer to dine with their families. Of those teens who have less than three family dinners per week, 62 percent say they would prefer to eat with their families compared to 92 percent of teens who have at least five family dinners per week.

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