I'm an adult now, but when I was a kid, if no company we ate at the kitchen table, tv only on if a big news story. No books or newspapers. If we had company the dining room table (no tv, books or newspapers), this was way before tablets, computers.
Usually Saturday nights were casual dinner, we'd order a pizza or fend for ourselves and eat off of tv trays in the living room watching tv. As a kid, I thought eating off of TV trays was as good as it got
Just went to my parents for dinner 2 nights ago, dining room table, no tv, or anything, just talking, (it was nice).
Single, so I eat in front of my computer with the tv on (if alone), but like the idea of family dinners.