Does your family eat together at the dinner table?

My father prefers it and I too agree it's important. But all of us are most of the time out of home, pursuing studies etc. And that we have developed different timings. So rarely do we dine together. Either not all of us are present or someone has already had dinner...

I think it's important too but we don't do it now as we used to. My children are grown ups and they have their own lives with their own schedules. I too have to work away from home and rarely comes home on time to have dinner with everybody. I miss those days when we can all have meals together, it is a good bonding time.

yes, my dad hates it if we are not all at the dinner table. we should since we are a family. that is the whole purpose why the table is big and wide that can hold more than 10 people. only exception is if they are not home and im already hungry.

hi there, my young brother study in another city, far away from home. i work in a different city than where my parents live. my younger brother would go home on vocation, and i only come to my parents'house once in a year. so we have no more chance to get toghter to have dinner. when we all together, we cherish every minute of it, including eating together at dinner table.

of course,we do.If one family doesn't eat together,I can hardly imagine other time they can spend together and communicating with each other,especially between parents and chilren.

ABSOLUTELY! I am home with them and they have usually TWO family meals at the table, one with just me and one with both of us. I think it has really helped them to eat healthy and try and accept different foods. They are not picky. They also have fairly good manners for their age most of the time (2 and 5)

I feel it is really important to eat together. I like to sit with my son and "talk" with him when we eat together. Anymore, everyone seems to go their own way. At his grandparents house everyone either goes into another room like the living room, bedroom and don't talk. They also say, that eating together; most of the kids that eat as a family get better grades and have more healthy activities. I really hope that is true, but that is what I would like to have for my son.

hi there! Oh yes...we eat together as a family. But since some of my siblings have their own families now,... I, my sister and dad eat together at dinner table. In our culture its like an important thing to do. It symbolizes unity and togetherness. It is the best time to share happy moments you have with your family.

Yes, I can't agree with you anymore. At our home we do everyday. In fact, it has been a habit in my country where most people tend to eat at the dinner table together. When eating dinner together at the table, we may talk about our experience this day and share some interesting stories, we laugh and joke too. Sometimes, when getting together, we may also make a plan to go shopping and so on. For various reasons, it is next to impossible for people to eat together all the time, but it is important for a family to have this time together.

i agree in the fact that it is important but unfortunatly my family doesnt have dinner together at all. normally its everybody fends for themselves.