{"id":2877,"date":"2026-06-16T11:04:13","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T11:04:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/?p=2877"},"modified":"2026-06-16T11:04:13","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T11:04:13","slug":"parents-are-on-devices-during-meals-even-more-than-their-kids-heres-how-to-rethink-family-dinner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/?p=2877","title":{"rendered":"Parents are on devices during meals even more than their kids. Here\u2019s how to rethink family dinner"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<div> <div>\n<button>\n<strong>\n<span><svg>\n<\/svg>\n<\/span>\n<span>Summary<\/span>\n<\/strong>\n<span><svg><\/svg>\n<\/span>\n<span><svg><\/svg>\n<\/span>\n<\/button>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>A new study finds that over 75% of parents reported using media during their last family meal, compared with nearly 70% of their children.<\/li>\n<li>Experts say that connecting at mealtimes comes with emotional and psychological benefits.<\/li>\n<li>Even one device-free family meal per week can foster well-being and belonging when families prioritize genuine connection.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>\n<span>AI-generated summary was reviewed by a CNN editor.<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n            Once the school pick-up routine begins in the afternoon, it can feel like mental arithmetic getting everyone to the right place at the right time: One child has math tutoring from 2 to 4 p.m., and then it\u2019s straight to soccer practice from 4:30 to 7. The other has dance class from 5 to 8 p.m., and then the whole family isn\u2019t home until after 9 p.m. And then somewhere in there, you were supposed to eat Taco Tuesday leftovers together as a family.\n    <\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/?p=2871\">CNN poll: Political independents hit their highest level in a decade<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n            When families consistently share meals, experts say, they enjoy an abundance of benefits \u2014 such as improved emotional satisfaction and healthier diets \u2014 but finding the time to sit down together every night can sound like a tall order.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            Even for those families that manage to make a shared meals a reality, the pervasive use of media like smartphones and TVs during mealtimes is yet another factor that hampers connection.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            According to a new study that surveyed over 350 parents, more than 75% reported media use during their last family meal, with the most common type being smartphone use. Additionally, the parents reported that their children \u2014 whose ages ranged from 4 to 10 \u2014 were almost as likely to have used media, with nearly 70% of children also engaging in some form of media use. The findings were published Monday in the journal JAMA Pediatrics.\n    <\/p>\n<div>\n<header>\n<span>\n      Related article\n    <\/span>\n<\/header>\n<section>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Parents should attempt to model positive phone habits and develop a family media plan to ensure their children know what behavior is acceptable when it comes to their devices.\" class=\"wp-image-2875\" height=\"144\" src=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/60bad4d91c24c429b0758512bc430287.jpg\" width=\"256\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<span>Parents should attempt to model positive phone habits and develop a family media plan to ensure their children know what behavior is acceptable when it comes to their devices.<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<figcaption>Oscar Wong\/Moment RF\/Getty Images<\/figcaption>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\n<span>Parents\u2019 phone habits increase exposure of mature content for children, new study finds<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<div>4  min read<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n            Media use is finding its way into our lives more than we may realize, said Cecilia Sada Garibay, a co-author on the study and a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Arizona. Sada Garibay hopes that with this in mind, parents will be more aware of how their devices may be affecting their most personal relationships: the ones they have with their children.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            \u201cIf you have your device and you\u2019re constantly checking it at the table, it can affect a valuable moment parents have with their children in the day, and it can have some effect on the relationship they have with their children,\u201d said Sada Garibay, who is also a professor at the School of Communication in the Universidad Panamericana studying social media effects.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            Researchers have established that when families consistently sit down together to eat, the whole family reaps experiences numerous benefits, including healthier eating, lower risk of substance use among teenagers and greater emotional satisfaction.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            But according to Sada Garibay and other experts, the mealtime on its own is not the magic ingredient to these benefits.\n    <\/p>\n<h2>\n        What makes family dinner so beneficial?\n<\/h2>\n<p>\n            Some benefits associated with family dinners are related to the food on the table, such as lower rates of obesity. But when it comes to the emotional benefits, \u201cit\u2019s actually not what\u2019s at the meal at all that matters,\u201d said Dr. Margie Skeer, a public health and community medicine professor in the Tufts University School of Medicine who researches how family meals can protect adolescents from a slew of dangers.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            \u201cIt\u2019s that family meals can provide a built-in space for checking in, sharing feelings, emotions. It\u2019s consistent family connection,\u201d said Skeer, who was not involved with the new research. Plus, when parents make the time to connect with their children at distraction-free family dinners, the kids realize that \u201cthey\u2019re actually being prioritized, because we do live in a very busy world.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            Sada Garibay recognizes that time can be in short supply for parents: \u201cI know; I have four children.\u201d But in her view, this means it is more important than ever to find the time for family dinners.\n    <\/p>\n<div>\n<header>\n<span>\n      Related video\n    <\/span>\n<\/header>\n<section>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"01 Tin Can Phone.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-120\" height=\"144\" src=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/12927940abaa9039ade64175144c7b67.jpg\" width=\"256\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<figcaption>CNN<\/figcaption>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\n<span>Parents are buying landlines instead of cell phones for their kids<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<span><svg>\n<\/svg>\n<\/span>\n          2:11\n        <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n            Dr. Anne Fishel, an associate professor of psychology at Harvard Medical School and director of Massachusetts General Hospital\u2019s Family and Couples Therapy Program, founded the Family Dinner Project in 2010 to educate parents on how they can gain the benefits of family dinners amid busy schedules.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            According to Fishel, who was also not involved with the new research, mealtimes are the \u201cmost reliable\u201d opportunity many families have for daily connection.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            \u201cAlso shared mealtimes are a ritual that creates an anchor, predictability, and a sense of identity,\u201d she said in an email. \u201cRituals are as comforting and welcome to adults as they are to children.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<h2>\n        Different types of media use, different outcomes\n<\/h2>\n<p>\n            The new study examined the rates of individual and paired media use for parents and children, as well as the types of media use that the subjects were engaging in.\n    <\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/?p=2869\">Takeaways from JD Vance\u2019s new book, \u2018Communion\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n            \u201cNo forms of media consumption are the same,\u201d Sada Garibay said. Large-screen media use is more likely to include parents and children watching the same thing together, which can offer chances for connection in ways that individual phone or tablet use does not, she said.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            For example, watching \u201cJeopardy!\u201d together during dinner could provide ample opportunities for families to bond, Sada Garibay said. But what she saw in the study did not suggest widespread family movie nights but rather widespread individual smartphone use.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            \u201cWhat is changing is this fact that this shared experience, shared media use, is being substituted by individual media use,\u201d Sada Garibay said. \u201cNow each member in the table, they can be together, but each one is doing something absolutely different to the others.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            When family dinners are interrupted by smartphone dings or kids glued to their tablets, Sada Garibay and other experts noted, some of the benefits of the family dinner can be diminished.\n    <\/p>\n<div>\n<header>\n<span>\n      Related card\n    <\/span>\n<\/header>\n<section>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"TOS_TazinKhan_YT_Thumbnail_A.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-2876\" height=\"144\" src=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/6a38350d41d26dc684ff75d9482645c6.jpg\" width=\"256\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\n<span>Keeping parents and grandparents safe online<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<h2>\n        Not one-size-fits-all: How to adapt family mealtimes\n<\/h2>\n<p>\n            The 2025 World Happiness Report found that from 2003 to 2023, the rates of dining alone in the United States have continued to grow across age groups, with about 25% of adults in 2023 eating all of their daily meals alone.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            During the Covid-19 pandemic, when many families were spending more time at home together, Fishel saw a resurgence in the prevalence of family dinners.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\nCensus data from 2022 shows that nearly 85% of parents were frequently sharing meals with their children, and Skeer says she still sees many families prioritizing the practice.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            But with young people scheduled in demanding extracurricular activities, parents working multiple jobs and the constant presence of distracting devices like smartphones, it is important to remember that the practice does not have to be \u201call or nothing,\u201d Skeer said.\n    <\/p>\n<h4>\n        A \u2018family meal\u2019 can be as simple as a shared snack\n<\/h4>\n<p>\n            Even just standing at the kitchen counter together, sharing a bag of chips and asking your child one on one how they\u2019re doing, can be a chance to connect.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            \u201cIf you\u2019re a parent or guardian or caregiver, anyone who\u2019s raising a child, and you had five minutes every day where you literally were sitting or standing and looking at each other and talking to each other and having a daily check-in, that would give a lot of benefit, too,\u201d Skeer said.\n    <\/p>\n<h4>\n        Try one undistracted meal a week\n<\/h4>\n<p>\n            Finding the time for just one dedicated family meal a week \u2014 putting away the phone for 20 to 30 minutes during breakfast, lunch or dinner \u2014 could be worth it when the nightly affair is simply not going to happen.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            \u201cThe frequency of shared mealtime seems to confer the nutritional benefits, but the quality of the time around the table is what fosters the emotional and psychological benefits,\u201d Fishel said in an email. \u201cSo, even one delightful, positively anticipated family meal a week can bring well-being, a shared sense of belonging, and connection.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<h4>\n        Take advantage of technology to facilitate connection\n<\/h4>\n<p>\n            With media use seemingly inescapable in the home, some families might find that a mindset of \u201cif you can\u2019t beat them, join them\u201d could work best. For example, family movie nights during dinner can offer easy, conflict-free bonding time for families, Skeer said.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            \u201cAnytime you can build in those moments to connect, it\u2019s going to be better in the long run,\u201d Skeer said.\n    <\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/?p=2863\">Burt Jones makes Rick Jackson\u2019s big spending his closing argument in Georgia gubernatorial runoff<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Once the school pick-up routine begins in the afternoon, it can feel like mental arithmetic getting everyone to the right place at the right time: One child has math tutoring from 2 to 4 p.m., and then it\u2019s straight to soccer practice from 4:30 to 7. 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