Regular mealtime is a powerful predictor of high achievement scores

Monday, January 07, 2019 Francisco Carneiro 0 Comments

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From  J.P. Morgan Eye on the Market's 

 The importance of family  rituals and mealtime for children
  • Dinnertime conversation boosts vocabulary even more than being read aloud to. Young children learn 1,000 rare words at the dinner table, compared to only 143 from parents reading storybooks aloud. Children who have a large vocabulary read earlier and more easily
  • For school-age children, regular mealtime is an even more powerful predictor of high achievement scores than time spent in school, doing homework, playing sports or making art
  • Regular family dinners lower high risk behaviors such as smoking, binge drinking, marijuana use, violence, school problems, eating disorders and depression
Sources: Journal of Family Psychology, Dec 2002; Child and Adolescent Development, Mar 2006; Journal of Marriage and Family, Mar 2001; Journal of Adolescence, Feb 2010; Canadian Family Physician, Feb 2015; Washington Post, Jan 12, 2015.

 I guess some routine helps kids get ahead. I would like to do more but since my divorce it's difficult to get everybody together around the table. We eat with our 4 year old everyday that is a plus. 

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