My family always used to eat dinner together, no matter what. We'd wait for everyone to get home, and then we'd all sit down togethe. My parents never let us take food into another room to watch TV, and if the phone rang, my mom would have us tell the caller to call back later. During dinnertime conversation, everyone had a chance to talk. Back then, I was a bit quieter than my siblings, so my dad would often ask me to talk about my day. That's how we learned to share and take take turns, so everyone got to join in.