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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I always thought that when my kids became teens, we would have lots of interesting and intellectual dinner conversations about current events, what's happening at school, things they're learning, etc.

In reality this almost never happens.

Many nights DH is working late or traveling and if he is there, he just wants light conversation.  My teens (15 and 17) mostly don't want to talk and give short answers to questions.   This reduces my motivation for conversation, and I'm also tired at the end of the day and after having cooked a meal, and so a lot of times we will either just make light conversation or even just quietly eat.

I know this is fine and that it's an accomplishment just to sit down for dinner together, but wondering if any others manage to actually have interesting conversations and what your secret is?[/quote]

What topics do you define as deep? Politics? War? Religion? Funeral plans? Climate change? Talking about one topic v another doesn’t make 1 family more high brow or interesting than the one talking about the brow gel! Different families talk about different things and often if all family members agree on same politics, religion, etc only talk for so long about those topics because already all in agreement. [/quote]

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