Our mission:

Family Day - A Day to Eat Dinner with Your ChildrenTM 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!

 

Celebrate Family Day on Monday, September 22, 2008!

The Power of Parenting

Whether you’re cooking a gourmet meal, ordering food from your favorite take-out place or eating on the go, rest assured that what your kids really want during dinnertime is YOU! Family meals are the perfect time to talk to your kids and to listen to what’s on their mind.  The more often kids eat dinner with their families, the less likely they are to smoke, drink or use drugs.

To learn more, read The Importance of Family Dinners IV (PDF).

          *NEW THIS YEAR*

     Spice up your family dinner with our FREE Family Dinner Kit

      Click here to download yours today!

     Coming soon - Be sure not to miss The National PTA and CASA

      "My Family Dinner " Coloring Contest

                          Contest launches September 22, 2008

     Check back for details on how your kids can enter then!

       

Happy family at the dinner table

To watch the Family Day 2008 Public Service Announcement, click the image above.

“If I could wave a magic wand to make a dent in our nation's substance abuse problem, I would make sure that every child in America had dinner with his or her parents at least five times a week.”

Joseph A. Califano, Jr.