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Frequent Family Meals Might Reduce Teen Substance Use
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by ryanborja | July 25, 2008 at 03:16 pm
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Past studies have shown that family meals provide many benefits, including offering a venue for parents to communicate with their adolescents about their daily activities, as well as monitor their moods and whereabouts.
Parents who have regular meals with their adolescent children might help lessen the chances they will start drinking or smoking later in their teen years, according to new research.
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at 15:23 on July 25th, 2008
I've heard about this before and I agree. It seems like this would at least be a step in the right direction!