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 together. 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 take. 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 turn so everyone got to join in.