Just one in three British families eat together each day, survey finds

Phones dominate dining tables as parents struggle for conversation, research for The Week Junior reveals

A quarter of British families no longer talk at dinner, with most bringing their phones to the table and 42% of parents saying they struggle to find a topic of conversation, a survey of 2,000 households shows.

It found that just one in three families sit down to eat together every day and conversations are increasingly being replaced by scrolling and screens.