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We had a mandatory "family eats together" policy. As far as "using drugs", "drinking", "smoking", etc., the thing they're looking for is better, more productive members of society, who aren't criminals. My brother drinks, but it's at parties only. He's an extremely smart, very dedicated student in college (to be a veterinarian), and a great person in general.
As for me, I have smoked pot socially and still drink socially. I occasionally smoke a cigarette (literally one or two in a whole evening) if i'm drinking. I am not a criminal (unless you're an asshole and REALLY want to count my occasional pot smoking, which is in the past) and am also going back to college to continue/finish my degree (I started taking classes and then dropped that major... now i'm doing something else instead).
I think what they're going for are good kids that grow up into good young people, and good adults. The items of the list probably aren't as important as just being responsible, decent people.
I think it's good that they set aside a day to recognize the importance of the family. A better family life pretty much always makes the rigors of growing up that much easier, because you have a support structure.
Of course, I'd be interested to see if their family day commericals/examples are nothing but hetero couples with children, to see if that's the only thing they consider a family. I looked on their website and so far all i can see of their pictures are kids with a woman. No second adult, and no adult men at all. So are they just trying to avoid pissing people off by getting rid of any potential SO, or are they only showing women because a man and some children isn't a family? It's just curious the way it's put together.
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