Is having dinner in front of the TV trashy?

[Anonymous]

We do this occasionally, maybe once or twice a month. It’s fun and special if it’s not all the time, and it’s a family movie.

[Anonymous]

We had a phase when the kids were fried from school but had evening activities from 6-10 pm. We ate dinner in front of Dr. Who reruns at 4:30 pm and then had conversation in the car on the way to activities. They emotionally reset during the show. Kids are law abiding A high school students.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
There's no wall space for a table, so no. And I didn't say we eat with the tv on each night. You said that. I just said we eat on the couch. Our other two options would be to eat on the bed or standing up. Neither DD nor I are morning people, so we'd rather sleep later and eat breakfast on our way to school and work. There's NOTHING magical about eating DINNER at a table. The idea behind it is that families are busy and dinnertime is when they all connect. But DD meets me at work at 5pm, we get home together, and then spend the next four hours talking while doing homework, chores, showers, cooking, cleaning up, making lunch for the next day. It's a one-bedroom apartment. We spend tons of time together. I'm not worried in the least about how we eat our meals.

I agree, it does sound like you have more pressing issues to worry about.

+1

[Anonymous]

It’s just my husband and me. At around 6 or so we meet in the kitchen to start on dinner and for him to have a drink. The TV is on tuned to the BBC at a low volume so we can talk while preparing dinner. When dinner is ready we sit at our kitchen counter and watch the PBS Newshour. I don’t think it’s trashy at all. If we were sitting on a couch watching wheel of fortune that might be trashy.