Make a Dinner Date with Your Daughter

A new study released by the University of Minnesota finds that middle-school girls who eat with their families at least five times a week are much less likely to use alcohol, tobacco or marijuana five years later. Even girls who reported they had a less-than-perfect relationship with their parents were half as likely to engage in substance abuse if they had a regular family meal.

For tips and tools on how to engage your kids around the table:

http://casafamilyday.org/familyday/
http://www.kansasfamily.com/GetInvolved-FamilyDay.cfm

For a full article summary please visit:

http://www.jointogether.org/news/research/summaries/2008/family-meals-have-greater.html