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Chances are you’ve heard about the
importance of the family meal — how
it can strengthen the family unit in a
myriad of ways. Miriam Weinstein is
so convinced of its value that she
devoted an entire book to the topic.
In The Surprising Power of Family Meals:
How Eating Together Makes Us Smarter,
Stronger, Healthier, and Happier
(Steerforth Press, 2005), Weinstein
concludes: “Eating ordinary, average
everyday supper with your family is
strongly linked to lower incidence of
bad outcomes such as teenage drug
and alcohol abuse, and to good qualities
like emotional stability. It correlates
with kindergartners being better
prepared to learn to read. It discourages
both obesity and eating disorders.
It supports your staying more
connected to your extended family,
your ethnic heritage, your community
of faith. It will help children and
families to be more resilient. It will
certainly keep you better nourished.
The things we are likely to discuss at
the supper table anchor our children
more firmly in the world.”
Over 30 Years
of Building Trust
Due West Magazine • Page 45 • Fall 2008
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