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 them is take of raising controversial (有争议的) topics at dinner time，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 house work 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 extracurricular activities that they might be taking part in.

　　Family dinners should be positive and conversations during dinner time should encourage family members to eat well. All controversial topics should be avoided at dinner time. There are plenty of other times when such topics can be discussed，but dinner time 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 conversations.

Family Dinner Conversations Paragraph outline Supporting details 1.Problems with the family dinner ◇Watching TV while eating together makes the gap between the family members 2.wider/widened.

◇Talking about something controversial while eating together results in3.loss of appetite. Ideas about family dinner conversations Start early ◇Begin to talk before dinner to make everyone feel 4.interested in doing the housework related to the dinner.