In fact, there is a substantial body of evidence that
links regular family meals to a lower incidence of smoking, drinking, and drug use in children.
Children are more resilient in families where certain routines are kept,
like regular family meals (daily or weekly) and where occasions like birthdays are celebrated.
Recent research in the Journal of Marriage and Family, however, found that most of the benefits
of regular family meals were not actually the result of eating together.
Introducing your toddler to
regular family meals gives them loads of health and social benefits, but is it really possible to enjoy mealtimes with a toddler?
After sharing quite a few cauliflower recipes which are part of
our regular family meals, I had to do something different.
One of the most important is to have
regular family meals.
Regular family meals have been touted as a preventive for all kinds of problems, including teen pregnancy, smoking and obesity.