There’s a running joke around the dinner table each Thanksgiving at the home shared by actors Susan Sarandon and Tim Robbins — how many minutes into the meal before politics are discussed!

What’s more, the couple’s two sons Miles Guthrie, 17, and Jack Henry, 20, and Susan’s daughter Eva Amurri, 24, are usually manning the clock, Susan says in the January issue of Psychologies.

“Well, there are other people there, so sometimes it’s pretty quick! But we talk about lots of stuff. My kids keep me up to speed on music and trends — it’s one of the few good things they can do for you, in exchange for all the worry they put you through.”

As for whether or not the boys are showing signs of being as politically active as their parents, Susan says that the jury is out. “I’ve never tried to force it on them,” she explains, but the election of President Barack Obama “got them excited.” Although the family of five attended the Democratic National Convention and the eventual inauguration, Susan insists “our dinner table conversations are rarely political.”

They’re also rarely about show business, and Susan reveals that Jack, Miles and Eva “still haven’t watched” most of her films. She elaborates,

“Not because of embarrassment but just not wanting to see their mum as somebody different — that’s hard for them.”

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