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Quality Family Time: Why It Matters for Kids

When families spend time together, children tend to fare better than other peers in terms of emotional health, behavior, and academic achievement. Shared activities include attending religious services, spending leisure time together, having dinners together, and engaging in family discussions. In addition, family time impacts the overall quality of family life, including stronger emotional bonds and more frequent expressions of love and affection.

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Charts

  • Despite recent decline, two-thirds of children live with married parents
  • Most currently married women have been married for at least fifteen years
  • Intact marriage positively associates with the mother's education
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Briefs

  • More than Breadwinners: The Myriad Ways in Which Fathers Contribute to Family Well-Being
  • Healthy Mothers, Healthy Families: How Mothers Are Crucial to the Success of the Family
  • Parents' Influence on Adolescents' Sexual Behavior
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Reports

  • The Effects of Day Care on the Social-Emotional Development of Children
  • The Relationship Between Family Structure and Sexual Activity
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Videos

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  • Strong Families Help Kids to "Just Say No"
  • The Importance of Fathers
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Heritage Research

  • Academic Success Begins at Home: How Children Can Succeed in School
  • Homeschooling: A Growing Option in American Education
  • How Poor Are America's Poor? Examining the "Plague" of Poverty in America
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