Comments on: Why You Should Ban Dinner Conversation (And What To Do Instead) https://www.whatdowedoallday.com/no-dinner-conversation/ Screen-Free Activities and Books for Kids Tue, 21 Nov 2023 21:40:16 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 By: Erica https://www.whatdowedoallday.com/no-dinner-conversation/#comment-371444 Sun, 12 Nov 2017 01:08:23 +0000 https://www.whatdowedoallday.com/?p=12090#comment-371444 In reply to Mya Dre.

Wonderful!

]]> By: Mya Dre https://www.whatdowedoallday.com/no-dinner-conversation/#comment-370844 Mon, 23 Oct 2017 05:21:16 +0000 https://www.whatdowedoallday.com/?p=12090#comment-370844 The first time I tried this during lunch at home, my children enjoyed it immediately. We now play games at each meal - trivia, jigsaw puzzle assembly, word find, etc. We vary the subject matter, such as geography, Spanish language, history, etc. And, we occasionally use a dry erase board to keep score.

Meal planning and preparation has become slightly more pleasant. Meal times have become nourishing to our hearts and minds, as well as our bodies. Thank you so very kindly.

]]> By: Erica MomandKiddo https://www.whatdowedoallday.com/no-dinner-conversation/#comment-152856 Tue, 09 Feb 2016 13:45:08 +0000 https://www.whatdowedoallday.com/?p=12090#comment-152856 In reply to Danielle.

Oh, that sounds fun!

]]> By: Danielle https://www.whatdowedoallday.com/no-dinner-conversation/#comment-152393 Tue, 02 Feb 2016 20:04:55 +0000 https://www.whatdowedoallday.com/?p=12090#comment-152393 Love it, will definitely give it a go! Our hit game was 'Truth or Porky', invented by the kids' English stepdad ('porky' is rhyming slang for 'lie'). We took turns either offering the most outlandish facts about the real world we could, or fabricating something, and the kids had to guess whether the fact was real or fake. It was a great way to share lots of weird and wonderful facts about natural science, astronomy and more.

]]> By: Erica MomandKiddo https://www.whatdowedoallday.com/no-dinner-conversation/#comment-86463 Sun, 22 Feb 2015 14:10:22 +0000 https://www.whatdowedoallday.com/?p=12090#comment-86463 In reply to ChristyM.

Progressive stories is a great idea, too.

]]> By: ChristyM https://www.whatdowedoallday.com/no-dinner-conversation/#comment-86009 Sat, 21 Feb 2015 01:47:48 +0000 https://www.whatdowedoallday.com/?p=12090#comment-86009 This is great! When my kids were smaller I wanted to teach them to have better table manners, but sometimes we were out of things to talk about. We ended up doing progressive stories, but I think we may try this over the summer!

]]> By: Erica MomandKiddo https://www.whatdowedoallday.com/no-dinner-conversation/#comment-84664 Tue, 17 Feb 2015 12:28:40 +0000 https://www.whatdowedoallday.com/?p=12090#comment-84664 In reply to Catherine Johnson.

It will!

]]> By: Erica MomandKiddo https://www.whatdowedoallday.com/no-dinner-conversation/#comment-84663 Tue, 17 Feb 2015 12:28:29 +0000 https://www.whatdowedoallday.com/?p=12090#comment-84663 In reply to Jen Robinson.

It's been really great and produced a lot of laughs!

]]> By: Erica MomandKiddo https://www.whatdowedoallday.com/no-dinner-conversation/#comment-84661 Tue, 17 Feb 2015 12:28:00 +0000 https://www.whatdowedoallday.com/?p=12090#comment-84661 In reply to becky m.

Enjoy!

]]> By: Natalie PlanetSmartyPants https://www.whatdowedoallday.com/no-dinner-conversation/#comment-83153 Sat, 14 Feb 2015 16:55:48 +0000 https://www.whatdowedoallday.com/?p=12090#comment-83153 It's an interesting twist! We usually have dinner together as a family with no distractions. My husband and I sometimes talk about work or the world events, which actually encourages our daughter to put in some topic of her own 🙂

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