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Read about reclaiming Family Dinner from the latest ‘Edible Jersey’ issue

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Edible Jersey Winter 2012/2013 issue | southjerseylocavore.comIn the latest issue of Edible Jersey, I have a feature piece in the Food For Thought section titled Reclaiming Family Dinner that talks about the amazing benefits of having dinner, or meals, together regularly as a family.

I interviewed Laurie David, author of The Family Dinner and producer of The Inconvenient Truth for the article about how family dinner “influences everything” and got a few tips from her for making family dinner a success.  The piece is now up online. I’ve copied the first couple of paragraphs, but for the full story, you’ll need to head to Edible Jersey’s website.

Do you want a closer relationship with your children? Would you like to instill a sense of resiliency in them so when hard times come, they’ll know they have what it takes to endure it and come out on top? Would you like your children to have a larger vocabulary? Better grades? Balanced meals? A sense of family history? Less of a chance of developing eating disorders?

Are you overwhelmed yet? How is it possible to achieve all of that? Don’t panic. The answer may be found in two words—family dinner. Families, traditional and nontraditional, are discovering that the time-honored ritual of family dinner is worth keeping, or in some cases, taking back. The renewed interest in our country on healthy, local foods and growing your own food is contributing to the revival of family dinner, and family dinner is contributing to a revival of connected families who communicate face-to-face. Seizing opportunities to take an hour or two out of fast-paced lives to gather around the table and connect though good food and good conversation offers benefits on many levels. Jacquelynn Lott of Pitman credits the time she and her husband spent at the table with their son Aaron, now a freshman in college, with teaching the teenager to slow down and focus on the relationships that are important to him.

Head over to Edible Jersey to continue reading.

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