Families no longer dine together

British families have a busy lifestyle. Parents work long hours, children do extra curricular activities at school and now new research shows that only one family in five eat together once a week or less.

Even when we all manage to get together for dinner, three quarters of families watch television at the same time.

Furniture designer Mark Elliot, is hoping that families will soon buck this trend by realising how important it is for everyone to sit down to together. He makes furniture specifically with family dining in mind.

Dinner time appears to be vital as a report by the Department for Children, Schools and Families found that children who regularly eat with their family achieve better GCSE results.

It doesn’t matter how small the family, “A round table is perfect for smaller families as everyone is equal, preventing any sort of detrimental family pecking order,” Mark says.