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Family Day – A Day To Eat Dinner With Your Children
September 25 is Family Day, when parents are encouraged to eat dinner with their children. Family Day is a “national effort to promote engagement as a simple, effective way to reduce substance abuse by children and teens and raise healthier children.” It encourages families to make family dinners a regular part of their lives.
Here are some suggestions from CASA:
- start the pattern of family dinners when children are young
- encourage your children to create menu ideas and participate in meal preparation
- turn off the TV and let your answering machine answer calls during dinnertime
- talk about what happened in everyone’s day: school, work, extracurricular activities or current events
- establish a routine to start and end each meal – light candles, say grace or tell a story
- after dinner play a board game or serve dessert to encourage the family to continue the conversation
- keep conversation positive and make sure everyone gets a chance to speak
Our family really enjoys playing games together. Here are some fun card games to encourage conversation at the dinner table:
- Food For Talk
- Kid Talk: Conversation Cards
- Table Topics Conversation Cards – Family Edition (there is an original edition, teen edition and a couples edition)
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Yes—I couldn’t agree more with the family table.
PS I noticed you linked my blog. I returned the favor.