Some of my fondest Sunday dinner memories are from the kids’ table

Jun 28, 2016 947

by Anthony Fasano


Sunday dinner was an important part of my upbringing, which I'm sure is true for most Italian Americans. I wrote an entire post on Sunday dinners here. Of all of the great Sunday dinner memories, many of my fondest memories revolve around the kids' table. The kids' table was obviously the table (sometimes at the end of the larger table), where all of the kids would sit to eat.

I distinctly remember my perspective of the kids' table through different stages of life. When I was very young, under 10 years old, the kids table was my favorite place to be. Why wouldn't it be? It was my time to hang out with all of my cousins without a lot of adult supervision. We laughed, joked around, we were in our own little world. As I grew up and became a teenager, I started to perceive the kids' table as almost a punishment, and I would always wonder and ask when can I move up to the adult table?

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