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Family meals are good for the grown-ups, too, not just the kids

  • Written by Anne Fishel, Associate Clinical Professor of Psychology at Harvard Medical School, Harvard University
imageMoms and dads have better physical and mental health when they dine with their children – despite all the work of a family meal.Thomas Barwick/DigitalVision via Getty Images

For all the parents feeling exhausted by the cooking, cleaning and planning of a million meals during the pandemic, there’s some good news. Commensality, or the...

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