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[quote=Anonymous]Kids now 17 & 19. Dinner together almost every night (until college). Sports are usually done by 6:30 except for some games. We usually try to spend at least 45 minutes together at the table. I credit this with very good relationships between the two kids and kids-parents. Sometimes evening lessons/meetings cut dinner down to 30 minutes. Both kids have/had multiple activities/sports but we have been able to work that in. Try something like Table Topics cards for the nights when conversation lags. No electronics at the table (except occasionally to look up some fact related to something we were discussing). When the oldest was getting ready for the SAT/ACT sometimes we would go over "SAT words of the day," and that would often cause us to veer off to some interesting discussions. It is work some nights, but worth it and amazing how many times we get to the end of a full dinner hour together. [/quote]
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