Moved dinner to 7 so I can eat with the kids before my US calls. Nobody's hungry at 7

coral_fern_106719 Oct 2026

Three evenings a week I'm on calls with a US team from about 7.30 to 9.30. Until now the kids ate at 8.30 without me, my 16 year old serving her brother. I hated missing it, so this week I moved dinner to 7 on call nights. The 10 year old picks at his plate because his snack was at 5. My daughter says 7 is 'lunch time for adults'. Both of them are raiding the kitchen at 10. Do I shift the snack earlier, make it smaller, or accept that call nights are just not family dinner nights?

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citrus_trail_429819 Oct 2026
we eat at 7.15 most nights because of my schedule. son grumbled for a month. what fixed it was cutting the 5 pm snack down to fruit only, no biscuits. hungry by 7 now. the 10 pm raid still happens sometimes 🤷
- citrus_kettle_598420 Oct 2026
  Second the smaller snack. Also, as someone else who lives on cross-timezone calls: do all three need to be live? I moved one of mine to a recorded update with comments and nobody missed it. That gets you one normal dinner back 😄
- coral_fern_106721 Oct 2026
  Tried the fruit-only snack last night. The 10 year old ate a proper dinner, with some complaints about the fruit. My daughter still thinks 7 is too early but sat with us, which was the point. One night isn't proof, but it's a start. Moving one call is a good idea; I'll raise it with the team after Diwali.