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[quote=Anonymous]We had family dinners every night. The TV was always on, since my parents watched news from 5pm-7pm. I remember being shushed a lot when trying to talk about my day so they could hear it. Good times.

Currently I have 3 kids, one in elementary school and two under 3. We have dinner at the table every night except Friday, when we get take out and watch a movie. The kids are often tired and cranky by this point, and have been hanging off of me whining for snacks for the past couple of hours while I try to clean up and make dinner, so I'm tired and often cranky too. I don't view dinner as our quality family time because of this, but dinner at the table is the best way to get everyone in our family fed and develop good/healthy eating habits with little kids, so this is what we do. We may have a different strategy when the kids are older.

Our quality family time usually occurs when everyone has a full belly, not at dinner. We have our best talks during bath and tuck-in. [/quote]

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