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Often the importance of having dinner with the whole family at the dinner table is strengthened. We are told that “a family that eats together stays together”; we even follow it by making the whole family sit in front of the television while eating. Is it right? Wrong. Television does nothing to help make family relationships better. In fact, it only widens the gap between the members of the family, especially parents and children. It’s thus better to sit at the dinner table. Family dinners should include another important part―conversations that create a pleasant atmosphere. However, It’s often difficult to start a conversation at a family dinner. Moreover, many people make the mistake of raising controversial (有爭議的) topics at dinnertime, causing one or more members, or the whole family, to lose their appetite. So it is important to keep in mind some family dinner conversation ideas.

It often serves well to start the conversation right before dinner so that setting the table and other housework may become less boring. Doing things together, whether it is talking or laying the table, can make family members feel interested so that there are no embarrassing moments when people are actually eating. You can also change the topic if you feel that it might start arguments and destroy everyone’s appetite.

Children are usually very good at sharing information and don’t know exactly how to reply when you ask them questions like “How was school today?” So make sure you know more about them than just the fact that they go to school―like which book they are reading or movie they watched recently, or ask them about the after-class activities that they might be taking part in.

Family dinners should be positive and conversations during dinnertime should encourage family members to eat well. All controversial topics should be avoided at dinnertime. There are plenty of other times when such topics can be discussed, but dinnertime isn’t the right time. Actually, if you have any funny stories that happened in your daily life, that’s the time when you can have a good laugh over them with others. It is also a good idea to look back on your childhood memories with your family members. They, especially your children, will feel excited about the crazy, sometimes stupid things that you did as children. In short, it is always necessary to choose the right topics for family dinner conversation.

Family Dinner Conversations
Paragraph outline	Supporting details
(71) ▲ about the family dinner	◇Watching TV while eating together makes the gap between the family members (72) ▲ . ◇Talking about something controversial while eating together results in (73) ▲ of appetite.
Ideas about family dinner conversation	Start early.	◇Begin to talk before dinner to make everyone feel (74) ▲ in doing the housework related to the dinner. ◇Don’t talk about what may make family members (75) ▲ with each other and destroy their appetite.
	Care about children	◇You need to have a good (76) ▲ of their activities so that you can talk with your children about what they did or are doing.
	Choose right (77) ▲ .	◇You should make sure that everyone is (78) ▲ to eat well by your positive talking. ◇You should not say anything that is controversial. ◇You can (79) ▲ information about what happens in your daily life with your family members. ◇You can talk about your childhood stories with your family, which may be crazy or even stupid. In a word, there is much (80) ▲ to choose the right topics at meals.