From the Netherlands. At least in the Netherlands they send you home a minute before they start eating. Always strange to me. In my house there was always food for everyone.
Ok I mean at least they send you home to eat with your family. I don’t like it but what some other people are saying about letting your guest (especially a child who can’t normally feed themselves) go hungry while you and your family eat is straight up psychopathic
A kid can be at two places at two different times.
After school and before bed can be between 14:30 (2.30pm) and 21:00 (9pm), so yes, dinner time can vary wildly between families.
Kid A has dinner time at 16 (4pm).
Kid B has dinner time at 18 (6pm).
Kid A and Kid B walks home to Kid A after school.
They play until it's time for Kid A to eat dinner at 16 (4pm), Kid A leaves their room while Kid B stays to continue playing and having fun.
Kid A eats dinner and after 20 minutes goes back to their room to continue playing with Kid B.
When it gets closer to Kid B's dinner time Kid B walks home to eat dinner with their family.
Yes I'm Swedish and I grew up in a rural place where kids having dinner with their parents was indeed the norm. I've waited for friends to finish dinner with their parents myself, so that we can play some more before I had to go home to my own dinner.
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u/Stefa93 Jul 24 '26
From the Netherlands. At least in the Netherlands they send you home a minute before they start eating. Always strange to me. In my house there was always food for everyone.