Started a Wednesday night dinner tradition and it's changing our family

Nov 26·1 min read

Simple idea but we're eating dinner together every Wednesday at the table, no phones, and actually talking. Been doing it for three months now and my kids have opened up about stuff they never mention otherwise. My wife has noticed it too. The rule is everyone has to share something from their day and we go around. Cost me nothing but it might be the best thing I've done this year. If you're not doing something like this, seriously consider it.

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Comments(6)

MMiles B.New DadNov 26

How old are your kids? Curious if this works at different ages or if there's a sweet spot.

MMarcus W.RegularNov 27

Simplicity is honestly what makes this work. You didn't need to buy a special table or make it complicated. Just showed up every Wednesday. That's the whole thing right there.

AAndy T.RegularNov 27

What kind of stuff have they opened up about? I'm trying to figure out if this works because they have time to think of things to talk about or if it's just the routine feeling safe.

MMatt S.RegularNov 27

This is the kind of post I need to see more of. Not the complaining posts, just the real examples of what actually works. Nice work building this.

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CChris P.RegularNov 27

This is the move right here. Consistency matters so much more than people realize. My family started something similar and our oldest actually asked if we could do more than once a week now.

DDerek P.RegularNov 29

Three months is long enough that it's become a real habit. That's awesome. The no phones rule is the key part that most people skip over.