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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't own a table/chairs and don't have space for them anyway. DD and I eat all our meals either on the way to school/work or sitting on the couch. [/quote]

:( This is setting up such a bad habit and missing such an opportunity. You couldn't fit in a small drop-leaf table that is nearly flat against the wall when not in use?

It honestly makes me really sad when kids don't have a frequent dinner at the table, TV off, with their family. It is SUCH a valuable learning time and experience, totally different than eating on the go. I'm not saying it has to be every night, but I really think at least a few "set" nights per week is something that should be a part of every household.

My brother and sister-in-law have such a messy house their table is always covered - in 5 years I've never seen it usable to sit down and have a meal. It really breaks my heart. [/quote]

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. [/quote]
I sorta agree with this pp. There is nothing magical about dinner at the table. When my DC was a preschooler, he used to only want to talk about his day during "nite-nite". If I asked any earlier, he would say, "we talk about it at nite-nite". The goal is to make a quality connection and have quality communication with your kids, not to have those things at the dinner table. Lots of families have different schedules and circumstances and can find various ways to make things work that happen to be different from your family and mine. [/quote]

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