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[quote=Anonymous]We have three kids (5, 4, and a baby) and we have people over for dinner all the time! Probably about once a week, weekends and weekdays. I think building community is important, having fun and making sure your guests are having fun and have plenty of food is what matters and the rest is just life.

Our kids are good at sitting at the table for 20-30 mins every night, but that’s because we’ve done it literally every single night of their lives since they were strapped in to their high chairs. They have to ask to be excused. But their table manners otherwise leave a LOT to be desired (we really let things go for a while with the new baby) so there’s a lot of shoving food in their mouths with their hands, talking with mouths full, etc. We keep our house fairly neat (cause that’s my preference, I don’t like clutter) but sometimes the kids have been playing and there’s toys everywhere. And it’s not very clean - we have house cleaners who come monthly and besides sweeping and evening kitchen cleanup, don’t clean otherwise.

People come over, and it’s chaotic and that’s fine. Don’t wait until your house and life are perfect to build community. Figure out the timing logistics and do it.

I will say we have one parent who works from home and gets the kids and one parent who works 9-5 on an office, so everyone is reliably home at 5:45 on weeknights. We tell guests to come anytime between 5:45 and 6:30 and we eat between 6:30 and 7. If we’re busy and stressed, we’re not above ordering pizza or Chinese for dinner. And it’s never a fancy meal. [/quote]

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