Our family of 5 always eats at the kitchen table...even if we are having a quick dinner because we are running off to softball, gymnastics, or basketball. We do not have a tv in the kitchen so dinner time is our time to talk about our day at work and school. Our 7 month year old sits in his highchair at the head of the table near me and my husband so that he gets fed his fruit or vegetables and always is the laugh maker.