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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]They’re not being a family. That’s what they’re doing. [/quote]

This. They don’t know how to (or just don’t want to) just hand out at home and be together.

Cue all the people saying that have plenty of time for activities 7 days a week and still plenty of family time, on top of school/jobs. The math doesn’t work. [/quote]

How cute that you think having two parents who get home by 5 every night in order to have a sit down dinner with their 2.4 kids is the only way to be a family or spend family time.[/quote]

You can spend 20 minutes eating dinner and ignoring each other for the of the night.  That's what my family did.  We each went and stayed in our rooms all night.  Dad got the family room, and we couldn't use it when he was there or we'd have to watch his boring stuff.  Even when home there was little family time.

I spend hours in the car with my kids.  We talk, we sometimes stop to eat, etc.[/quote]

The fact that you all think being a family means eating together tells me that you have no clue. The fact is that when you spend the bulk of your free time in separate places you are not being a family. You’re only a unit when you sleep. You have great talks in the car because that’s the only time you’re with your kids. [/quote]

What are you talking about?  We have a small 1000 square foot house.  There is no escaping anyone.  Kids do their homework/stay mostly in the living room, rather than in their rooms, where we are.  We eat dinner/snacks/meals together, and if we go out and they are home, they are always invited.  Or, I will always take them out to eat to spend time with them.  Kids doing activities is not being in a separate place.  It's allowing them to follow their interests.  You can be together while driving, waiting for activiites to start, etc.  Kids talk the most when they think you are not paying attention fully.

I grew up in a no activitiy or sports home.  We all were in our separate rooms when home, at dinner for 20 minutes together (but as a teen I'd eat earlier as it was no fun) and basically never see each other.  Parents had their own lives and catered to each other.  They'd never think of taking us out or spending time with us.[/quote]

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