<p>In our house we sit down to dinner practically every night. It averages out to five to six nights a week. There can be extra people, like my daughter’s boyfriend, but they can’t miss dinner more than once a week or so. Dance team practices eat into this a little during competition season, but overall, we’ve been successful at it. Our kids like it (DD wrote an essay about it once) and their friends love it. It’s a strange notion to them and I think they long for it more at their houses. Their parents are busy, or they’re busy, or (some of ) their parents think an 18 year old is basically able to be independent, including meals. </p>
<p>We’ve had to limit some activities to make this happen, which is not a bad thing imo. It’s been a great thing for our family.</p>