Kids Who Sing, Play, Story-Tell And Eat With Parents Do Better

Families who sing, play, story-tell and eat dinner together have children who have higher levels of social-emotional health.
Researchers found that a child has high social-emotional health when they show the ability to understand emotions, express empathy, demonstrate self-regulation and form positive relationships with peers and adults.
High social-emotional health in early childhood helps a child adapt to the school environment and perform well academically. It is also is a good predictor of children's long-term outcomes.
The study also found that children who participated in five family routines were more than twice as likely to have high social-emotional health and for each additional routine that a parent and child do together, there is an almost 50 percent greater chance of having high social-emotional health.