Yesterday, Time Magazine published a new study showing that family dinners lessen the risk of children getting involved with drinking and drugs.

By having family dinners, parents are able to actively listen to their children. In general, it’s not about where you are, but rather, who you are with.

In a way, it makes clear sense. I’m sure it is something that we have always kind of known, but now a study just reaffirms this assumption.

I know these statistics reflect data collected about children, but this is definitely something I still do today with my own parents. Old habits never die.

Read the article here.