may
They may, and they may not
They definitively did NOT in my case. Daily forced family dinners and weekly Sunday church when I was growing up, neither prevented it.
I was gonna say, I know some families that inspire mind-altering drug use.
Don’t think that’s caused by the dinners specifically here.
Or maybe not using drugs will lead you into having more family dinners.
Simultaneous existence of two things doesn’t imply causality let alone the direction of causality.
–Edit–
In a similar fashion there is a strong correlation in my country between people wearing beanies and hip injuries amongst the elderly. I still doubt we should stop wearing beanies in freezing temperatures to protect the hips of grannies.
Or being with family at important times creates a bonding that logically, and literally reduces the odds the kid gets hooked.
A healthy family does amazing things for people.
I think you are trying to hard on this one.




