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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]EVERY week? Frankly, I cannot imagine doing this. Every once in awhile, even once a month would be nice, but no way would I commit to extended family dinners every weekend. Your kids are obviously young, OP.[/quote]

I'm not the OP, but I am the 12:30 PP who has a muti-generational Sunday dinner at my mother-in-law's house every week.   I'm surprised you find this so shocking.  We leave at 5:30, we are home by 9:15, maybe later if conversation was particularly interesting.  [b]Why is it "obvious" that one's kids must be young in order to do this?  What do older kids have going on on Sunday evenings that can't be done another time?  Not sports, surely?   They have all weekend to get their homework done.  [/b]So yeah, my kids are young -- they are 6 and 3.  The first grader plans his homework schedule so it is finished before we leave.  I imagine Sunday dinners getting easier, not harder, as the years pass.  The kids won't be as picky with their foods, table manners will improve, no need to keep them entertained with toys while the adults converse, won't feel as guilty about getting them in bed late.  Really, it is just a nice, relaxing time with family.  A way to recharge for the week ahead.  If others have a chance to make this a tradition, I strongly encourage it.  I dearly love my mother-in-law.  It is through years of dinners that I have become so close to her.  Same with the rest of my husband's family.[/quote]

Yeah. Check back with me when yours are 14 and 11, or even 9 and 6, and see if this is still working for you.[/quote]

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