kids' table

Small diners' spot

The kids' table is a separate, smaller table where children sit during family gatherings or holiday meals, away from the adults.

The term extends figuratively to any situation where someone is excluded from serious proceedings or treated as not ready for full participation: I'm thirty-five and they still put me at the kids' table, The junior analysts were stuck at the kids' table during the merger talks.

gathering

thanksgiving

Expression of grateful praise

dinner · feast · celebration · birthday · potluck · picnic · barbecue · banquet · buffet · seating

childhood

playtime

Recreation period for children

macaroni · spills · messes · giggles · squirming · fidgeting · ketchup · cartoons · storybooks · toys

exclusion

sidelined

Removed from participation

overlooked · dismissed · afterthought · outgrown · graduation · promotion

nostalgia

memories

Stored past experiences

reminiscence · bittersweet · generational · stories · photographs · homecoming

Opposites
age/maturity seating hierarchy

kids' tablehead table

Primary seating for honorees

VIP table · seat at the table · inner circle · seat of honor · captain's table

Family

kid, kids, table, tables, tabled, tabling, tabular, tabulate, tabulation

Familiarity
Top 100,000
Profile
Known to kids · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G