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FAMILY table talk plays a vital part in rearing children. During mealtime, the time when the whole family is likely to be together, children learn moral values, absorb family culture, and develop as individuals, according to Prof. J. H. S. Bossard, of the University of Pennsylvania (Amer. Social. Rev., June 1943). The dining-room is often the real social centre of the household, and the family is apt to be at its greatest ease at the dining table. The influence of conversation at this time is subtle and intangible, but the part which it plays in rearing children is most important.
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Sociological Value of Family Meals. Nature 152, 271 (1943). https://doi.org/10.1038/152271c0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/152271c0