Dinner Time Linked to Better Grades
November 6th, 2008
In 2005 a study by National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University confirmed a link between family dinnertime and better grades for teens. As parents fret about working in dinner time as their children get older, Sharefam thinks this study may prove that the time spent eating together may result in a better return on investment of time for college admission than all the extracurricular activities.
According to the study, teens are 40% more likely to get A’s and B’s (basically a prerequisite for college admission) when they sit down for dinner at least 5 times a week. Our assertion that the return could be better than other extracurricular also weighs in the differences in alcohol and drug use. Two key issues to both better grades and better behavior.
“At a time when kids are under a lot of stress for a lot of different reasons, having that regular mealtime that they can count on, that their parents are there for support — that can be very helpful,” said David Elkind, a professor of child development at Tufts University in Massachusetts.
For more information on the study, check out The 5 Benefits to Eating Together - Six Wise.com or Family Dinner Linked to Better Grades for Teens.
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