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I’m Bub Kuns, and today we’re talking about family time again.
According to the Survey Center on American Life, 76% of families ate a meal together during the Baby Boomer years, but that number dropped to 59% during the Gen X years, fell again to 46% during the Millennial years, and has crashed to 38% during the Gen Z years. (see Gray, Kyle, and Kyle Gray. “The Class Divide in Family Dinner – the Survey Center on American Life.” The Survey Center on American Life, 31 Mar. 2023, www.americansurveycenter.org/the-class-divide-in-family-dinner)
And as families spend less time together at mealtime, children miss important parts of their development.
In fact, the journal article “Mealtime Talk That Supports Literacy Development” notes, “Participation in dinner table conversations offers children opportunities to acquire vocabulary, practice producing and understanding stories and explanations, acquire general knowledge, and learn how to talk in culturally appropriate ways.” (Snow, Catherine E, and Diane E Beals. “Mealtime talk that supports literacy development.” New directions for child and adolescent development ,111 (2006): 51-66. doi:10.1002/cd.155)
No wonder Psalm 128:3 says to the blessed man, “Your children will be like vigorous young olive trees as they sit around your table” (NLT).
And why else is family time important? We’ll discuss that another time.
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