Adjustment

* The number of days per week that adolescents ate meals with their families was a more powerful predictor of whether or not they were "adjusted" (less likely to take drugs, less likely to be depressed, more motivated at school, and having better peer relationships) than was age, gender, or family type. Children who ate an average of five meals each week with their families were better adjusted than those who ate an average of three.
 * When children of alcoholics have family dinners, they are less likely to become alcoholics themselves.