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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We do breakfasts together, does that count?  :)

In theory, I would like to eat dinner together more often, but it is hard to do with us-- mostly because DH gets home late from work often.  We have recently decided to do 1 family dinner a week and see how that goes.  He works his schedule around it.

Our kids are 22 month old twins and an 8 year old.  I sometimes eat with the kids and sometimes eat with my DH later.[/quote]

Absolutely it counts!!  Good for you.  Breakfast with teens is a nightmare and there are mornings no one talks to anyone, lol.  At least their hormones are more evened out by dinner and that works for us.

There is plenty of research to back up the prioritizing meals with family.  Preteens and teens who eat fewer than 3 family dinners a week are 3.5x higher risk for prescription and illicit drugs.  3x higher to try cigarettes, and 2.5 times higher to drink and do marijuana.  I think it all comes down to knowing your kids.  I learn so much about friends, school, can feel if something is "wrong" all during a meal.  I much rather have take-out and all sit down together than worry about the meal itself.  When kids get older it makes a big deal.  If you prioritize it when they are young, they will never know any better later.  It is just the norm that dinner is a "must come home event."

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