Family meals improve grades
20 Jul 2008
Eating dinner as a family has positive effect on learning
Children who sit down to dinner with their parents every night get better grades at school than those who don’t, a study has found.
The study, of more than 20,000 pupils, found strong links between how well children get on with their parents and their success at school.
The findings suggested that family closeness is a strong factor in how well children do at school.
The report, published by the Department for Children, Schools and Families, also found teenagers were more likely to drop out of school at 16 if they got on badly with their parents.
