Still relevant today, just phones instead of newspapers.
As always, stay tuned here on !comicstrips@lemmy.world for a slow trickle out of Jucika comics, but if you want to find more, here’s a good post with a large collection that /u/JohnnyEnzyme@piefed.social posted last year: https://piefed.social/post/1258520
Growing up, my parents didn’t let us have stuff at the dinner table, and we were expected to be home for dinner unless there was something special going on. I never really thought much about it at the time, but since then I’ve known so many people whose families didn’t eat together normally and I feel like the difference is meaningful.
what’s funny is that I built that into my routine and I try to have conversations during family get-togethers
My parents seem to have broken that routine when smartphones came about will check their phone at the dinner table … my brother just has Reddit out all the time and scrolls if he feels the slightest bit bored. His kids are watching YouTube on the TV but they like talking … but he doesn’t feel the need to engage. His wife doesn’t seem to be all that engaged. Could be either due to him being on his phone all the time or doesn’t have much to say …
We weren’t allowed to have the TV on at dinner, either. And it was okay if no one had anything to say, but usually people did.
I think those things are pretty unhealthy behavior.