I hope you tell your children, or nieces or nephew or grandchildren, stories about their family that came before them. 
Research shows how important it is for children to hear those stories, and how much better they do if they know them. I love talking about my childhood and my parents and grandparents and beyond, and tell stories about those times whenever an opportunity suggests itself. It connects the generations that didn’t know each other, somehow, and is very satisfying for me, too.
Children Benefit if They Know About Their Relatives, Study Finds
From Journal of Family Life
Children who know stories about relatives who came before them show higher levels of emotional well-being, according to Emory University researchers who analyzed dinner time conversations and other measures of how well families work.
The research, by Emory psychologists Robyn Fivush and Marshall Duke, and former Emory graduate student Jennifer Bohanek, was recently published in Emory’s online Journal of Family Life.
“Family stories provide a sense of identity through time, and help children understand who they are in the world,” the researchers said in the paper, “Do You Know? The power of family history in adolescent identity and well-being.”
