I'm curious (RE:Dinner time)

[Tracyfish]

L.J. and I eat at the table for every dinner that we eat at the house because hubby doesn't get home until after 7:00 usually...too late for L.J. to eat. The TV is always on on the other side of the room.

I don't fix two meals...eat what's there. If I make something L.J. doesn't like (like chili or soup...he hates anything "melty") then I will make him something like a quesadilla or chicken nuggets.

[nikkiARNGwife]

We eat together every night as a family (when DH is home). I also eat lunch at the table with Ella and usually breakfast as well.

DH and I have always eaten together at the table even before we had kids..I was raised that way...supper was always eaten together at the table every night and we ate what was there or we didn't eat. I try to enforce that with my kids as well and usually do unless we have something that I know Avery truly doesn't like then I will fix him a pb&j as I'm making our dinner (can't blame the kid if he doesn't like crab legs or something lol). But 99.9 percent of the time he eats what we eat or nothing...and I have sent him to bed with nothing before..he didn't die or anything lol.

We just moved Ella out of her high chair and into a booster and so many times over the past week or so since the switch I've sat with my family at the table and just felt so blessed as they laughed and chatted away. I totally agree it's a very important thing we do together.

[Paula]

We eat dinner together on TV trays in the living room and this is mainly because our dining room is a complete wreck right now. We're repainting it, and there is stuff everywhere.

I don't make extra meals for my kids. They are old enough that if they don't like what I have made, they can make them something else. My DS is the pickiest eater, and if I make something he doesn't like, he'll make himself a quesadilla or some ramen.

[jessica31876]

we dont eat at the table but we do talk during dinner and everyone eats in the same room (the living room). The tv is actually on nearly all day long but we dont really pay attention to it during dinner. Dinner is usually between 5 and 7 every night.