HomeMy WebLinkAboutProclamation 09- Family Day- A Day to Eat Dinner with your Children, 09-28-09, Proclamation
Mayoral Proclamation
Family Dny - A Dny to Eat Dinner with Your Children
September 28, 2009
WHEREAS, the use of illegal and prescription drugs and the abuse of
alcohol and nicotine constitute the greatest threats to the well-being of
America's children;
WHEREAS, 14 years of surveys conducted by the National Center on
Addiction and .Substance .Abuse (CASA) at Columbia University have
consistently found that the more often children and teenagers eat dinner with
their families the less likely they are to smoke, drink and use illegal drugs;
WHEREAS, frequent family dining is associated with lower rates of teen
smoking, drinking, illegal drug use and prescription drug abuse; ,
WHEREAS, the-correlation between frequent family dinners and reduced
risk for teen substance abuse is well documented;
WHEREAS, parents who. are engaged in their children's lives -through
such activities as frequent family dinners ~- are less likely to have children
who abuse substances;
WHEREAS, family dinners have long constituted a substantial pillar of
family life in America:
NOW THEREFORE, I, Kaaren Jacobson, Mayor of the'City of Bozeman
do hereby proclaim the fourth Monday of every September as
Family Doy - A Dny to Ent Dinner with'`Your Children
and urge all citizens to recognize and participate in its observance.
D TED this 28th day of September, 2009.
Kaaren Jacobson, Mayor
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