In a fairly recent article, written by William J. Doherty, Ph.D., he points out the importance of eating meals as a family. He says, “Research has continually confirmed that eating meals as a family affects nearly every area of a child’s life. Kids who eat regular family meals get better school grades, are better off psychologically, receive better nutrition, don’t smoke as much or do drugs, and are less sexually active as teens.” He goes on to say, “… it’s not only the quantity of family meals that contributes to their life satisfaction, but also the quality of meals. For years, experts on family meals have preached turning off the TV — but now texting, iPhones, and video game consoles also compete with family dinner.
Tom McGrath and Bret Nicholaus have teamed up to improve our “quality of meals” with The Meal Box. The Meal Box contains 54 cards, each one featuring a creative question guaranteed to spark fun family conversation during family meals. The questions, such as If you could have the voice of any famous person, whose voice would you have?, are sure to engage everyone in the family. The reverse side of each card features a quick “Food for Family Thought” tip from family expert Tom McGrath.
“The Meal Box” card game would make a great expansion pack for the “Loaded Questions” or “Loaded Questions Junior Edition” Board Games!
And now, you can Get The Meal Box on your Kindle! This would be great for long, family road-trips.
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