Bring back the Family Meal

About this episode

In this episode, Dr. Alexandra discusses the importance of family meals and shares tips for reintroducing them into daily life.

Text me a question I might answer through the show In this episode I share 1) What research has found about the impact of family meals 2) Tips on how to get started again for those who have gotten away from the practice 3) My own practice with our family dinners, including three conversation starters that we have used for years. These conversation starters are helpful in other contexts, including for divorced parents and their children when they do “phone time” w...

Topics covered

• family meals
• communication
• parenting
• dinner practices

Keywords

• family
• mealtime
• conversation starters
• divorced parents

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