Family Dinner

Sustainable Minimalists

Bleav + Stephanie Seferian

Kids & Family, Leisure, Parenting, Home & Garden

4.8 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 19 March 2024

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

Eating meals together is the ultimate parenting cheat code, and that's because in just one hour you can improve your kids' academic performance, self-esteem, and cardiovascular health while simultaneously reducing their risks of substance misuse, depression, and obesity. On today's show: author Annette Thurmon on making the kitchen the heart of the home once again. Here's a preview: [7:30] A laundry list of the nutritional benefits of regular family dinners, plus the developmental and mental health benefits for kids and teens [10:00] We parents should be including our children in the cooking process, and here's why (plus: easy lift how-tos) [20:00] Remember: It's not about the food! It's about the face-to-face, tech-free time [23:00] Practical dinnertime prompts Resource mentioned: Simple Country Living: Techniques, Recipes, and Wisdom for the Garden, Kitchen, and Beyond Creative alternatives to "How was your day?" What's one thing you learned today? What's one thing that made you smile today? If you could change something about your day, what would it be? What's one thing you liked most about your day? What has made you feel loved recently? How did you help someone today? How did someone help you? What's it like to be a kid? To be a parent? What was your last thought before falling asleep last night? -- Join our (free!) community here. Find your tribe. Sustainable Minimalists are on Facebook, Instagram + Youtube. Say hello! MamaMinimalistBoston@gmail.com.

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1:00.7	Well, hello, my friends and welcome back, new week, new podcast.
1:08.3	My name is Stephanie Safarian and you're listening to episode 451 of sustainable minimalist this is a show about
1:15.8	intentional and eco-friendly minimalist living on today's show we are
1:21.1	discussing the importance of family dinners.
1:24.6	80% of teenagers say that family dinner is the time of day that they are most likely to talk
1:31.3	to their parents.
1:32.3	And even if you don't have teenagers children of all
1:35.2	ages benefit from family dinners we'll talk about exactly why that is in
1:39.8	today's interview but even if you don't have children, the opportunity to sit around a
1:45.2	table without technology and have a conversation with your loved ones, those opportunities
1:51.8	are becoming rarer and rarer in our over-digitized always on lives.
1:59.9	And so here to talk to me today about the why and specifically the how to make family dinners
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