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The One Little Secret to Guarantee a Close Family

If there’s one thing — above all others — that all families should do (and do consistently), it’s this.

Jason Deane
On Being Dad
Published in
7 min readSep 27, 2019

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And it’s not even something difficult. All of us, if we want to, can do this everyday with very minor habit changes, and the impact is provably significant. That’s right, aside from being common sense anyway, there’s actually real and proper science behind it. This really, really works.

And what is this super secret little tip for bringing a family together? Just two words:

Eating together.

That’s it.

Well, OK, perhaps there are a few things we should go into in a bit more detail. Remember that science stuff I mentioned above? Yes, this really has been studied for years, with lots of different variations and in lots of different countries. And guess what? The results are always the same. It seems there really is truth in the old adage: The family that eats together, stays together.

For some this is obvious. Others can only imagine a nightmare of bickering, arguments and potato throwing in direct contradiction of this statement. But as it turns out, it doesn’t seem to matter where you start. Done consistently, the overall effect is the same.

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Jason Deane
On Being Dad

I blog on things I am passionate about: Bitcoin, writing, money, life’s crazy turns and being a dad. Lover of learning, family and cheese. (jasondeane@msn.com)