Family Day - A Day to Eat Dinner with Your Children (TM)

Have you heard of this? I can't believe I missed this! I can't believe I've never heard of this! Yes, National Family Day - A Day to Eat Dinner with Your Children!

Their Mission:
"Family Day - A Day to Eat Dinner with Your Children^TM is a national movement to inform parents that the parental engagement fostered during frequent family dinners is an effective tool to help keep America’s kids substance free. Family Day reminds parents that Dinner Makes A Difference!"

I just spend an hour completely wrapped up in their website, scouring their ideas, and loving every part of it! However, National Family Day was on Monday, September 22! I never heard about this before and it's on it's EIGHTH consecutive year. And why was this day not posted all over the the news, blogs, websites!? This DAY should be given National Attention! Loud and clear for all to see!

Go check out the website and see how wonderful this movement is! This is something that every family can benefit from. What a powerful way to promote family time and traditions. Go take their pledge to become a "Family Day STAR". They have tons of information and ideas about family and how to get involved.

Here is a link to view President Bush's Proclamation about National Family Day.

They offer the following list of "Secrets" to help you have a Successful Family Dinner.

7 Secrets to Successful Family Dinners

1. Start the pattern of family dinners when children are young
2. Encourage your children to create menu ideas and participate in meal preparation
3. Turn off the TV and let your answering machine answer calls during dinnertime
4. Talk about what happened in everyone’s day: school, work, extracurricular activities or current events
5. Establish a routine to start and end each meal. Light candles or tell a story
   
6. After dinner play a board game or serve dessert to encourage the family to continue the conversation
7. Keep conversation positive and make sure everyone gets a chance to speak

Did you see #5? TELL A STORY!!! YES! YES! YES! I LOVE IT! I'm so excited about it that I'm going to start my own meme all about Dinner Blessings....look for the first post on Monday, September 29 and Mr. Linky so you can start a family tradition of Dinner Blessings!

Look for giveaways and Free Cherish Bound products! I have great products and ideas that will bring your family closer together as you gather around the dinner table and create traditions, tell stories, and enjoy the company of those you love most!