The custom of shared family meals is common across most cultures. In all likelihood, our ancestors sat down together for shared meals as families, clans or tribes, before they could be called anatomically modern humans. Shared family meals are a universal and ancient tradition and one that has many benefits. It seems like elements of society have declared war on heuristic traditions, and in the past thirty-five years, family dinners have declined by 30%. Less than a quarter of families now share seven or more family meals per week. (Anderson & Trumbull, 2021) If you don’t eat together as a…

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