The key to raising a happy family – and why it makes a difference
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A new report has explored what can improve a child’s chances of success and no matter who is part of the household, there’s a theme...
By Peter Stanford
The occasions when our children sit down to eat round the kitchen table with me and my wife are getting fewer. But both my children are in their early 20s, have flown the nest and are busy getting on with independent lives, which is exactly as it should be.
That doesn’t mean I don’t occasionally mourn the empty chairs, but they still seem to want to come home often enough. And, when they do, it inevitably ends up with the family ritual of eating together, usually (but not inevitably) getting on harmoniously over dishes they associate with childhood (though, with one embracing veganism, it requires some adjustments to the recipes).
According to data published in an independent review of contemporary family life by Dame Rachel de Souza, the Children’s Commissioner for England, families who eat together tend to be happier. So perhaps...
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