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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What I really don't like is that both parents aren't sitting down together. I really hate the dynamic where dad (it's always a dad...) eats separately from the family. It's like you're the nanny feeding the kids and then the kids go away because they're too little for the dinner table. [/quote]

Obviously I’m in a minority here but.. that is exactly the situation (not the nanny part). They ARE too little for the dinner table. My kids did this and I grew up like this too - kids dinner at 5 and adults/older kids dinner at 8. And when kids are a bit older, they can join for dinner. [/quote]

I agree with it being fine to have separate kids/grownup dinners (I don’t but I like eating early so it’s easier for us to all eat together) but there has to be some transition from kids table to grownup table so OP should start thinking about how she wants to do that — incorporating kids into prep now, having a more formal grownup style weekend dinner, whatever works, so they’re prepared to join a more leisurely adult meal in a few years.[/quote]

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