The J. M. Smucker Company is proud to sponsor Family Day 2012. Family Day - A Day to Eat Dinner with Your Children was launched in 2001 by The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University.
Family Day is a national movement that informs parents that the engagement fostered during frequent family dinners is an effective tool to help keep America’s kids substance free. Family Day began in 2001 as a day to remind parents that frequent family meals are a simple and effective tool to help prevent negative peer pressure. What began as a grass roots movement has since grown into a national celebration.
Seven Secrets to Successful Family Dinners
- Start the pattern of family dinners when children are young
- Encourage your children to create menu ideas and participate in meal preparation
- Turn off the TV and let your answering machine answer calls during dinnertime
- Talk about what happened in everyone's day: school, work, extracurricular activities or current events
- Establish a routine to start and end each meal. Light candles or tell a story
- After dinner play a board game or serve dessert to encourage the family to continue the conversation
- Keep conversation positive and make sure everyone gets a chance to speak
Join parents across the country in making a special commitment to your children for Family Day. Learn more about the origins of Family Day and take the Family Day STAR pledge, visit CASAfamilyday.org , we did!
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