Talking to your children each night at mealtimes boosts their performance at school. In several countries, governments try to boost their schools’ results by giving advice to parents on what to read and how to encourage their child’s reading.
This is an example from the UK “Words for Life” project: www.wordsforlife.org.uk.
And here is a news piece that briefly explains ‘talking at mealtimes’ at: www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-23502947.
As soon as you read it, you know it rings true.