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Make the Traditions of the Holiday Season, such as Family Meals, a Regular Occasion
(ARA) - The words “dinner’s ready” have become a forgotten phrase in many households, one we seem to only hear around the holidays. Today’s hectic lifestyles make it difficult to get everyone in the family to sit down together for dinner. Now, research is showing that eating together is a tradition worth making time for because the benefits far exceed simple nutrition.
The family meal not only fosters healthy eating habits for children, it also enhances family communication and connection. In fact, the simple act of eating meals together can set the stage for young people making more responsible choices in life.
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A wrong turn on the way to work would soon evolve into the tragic end for ten month old "Mikey", who lay sleeping and forgotten in the back of his father's car.
Three years later "Mikey's" father shares his story at 4rkidssakes.org, ". . . the route to both work and daycare is basically the same from my house, but at the last intersection, I must turn one way instead of the other. On that day, after a change of my usual morning routine, I lost my concentration and by force of habit drove to work instead of daycare. Mikey, meanwhile, had fallen asleep in the back. I got out of the car without remembering he was there, walked up to my office, and shattered all our dreams."
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