Today, we got a call that a big shipment of our props had arrived at the studio.
Our weights and mats came!
Boxes filled the space next to the studio.
When we got there, Oliver was hanging up the light fixture in the play lounge.
I've been feeling guilty because we don't sit down to eat as a family
like we used to, and I know it's because we're super busy with the studio
and getting it set up and ready, but the absense of family dinner is felt.
Jane sent me this cool study she read in one of her classes at BYU:
There have been more than 20 years of dozens of studies that document
that family dinners are great for the body, the physical health, the brains
and academic performance, and the spirit or the mental health, and in terms nutrition,
cardiovascular health is better in teens, there's lower fat and sugar and
salt in home cooked meals even if you don't try that hard, there's
more fruit, and fiber, and vegetables, and protein in home cooked meals,
and lower calories. Kids who grow up having family dinners,
when they're on their own tend to eat more healthily and to have lower rates of obesity.
Then the mental health benefits are just incredible.
Regular family dinners are associated with lower rates of depression,
and anxiety, and substance abuse, and eating disorders,
and tobacco use, and early teenage pregnancy,
and higher rates of resilience and higher self esteem.
Here
Here
Yes to higher self-esteem!
