A study led by Dr. Elisa Muniz, a pediatrician at Bronx Lebanon Hospital in New York, found that Preschoolers who sing, tell stories and eat dinner with their families tend to be emotionally healthier and better adjusted socially than kids who don’t have such routines.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/health/sns-rt-us-kids-family-routine-20140312,0,3862100.story