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How is this even possible when nearly all households requiring dual incomes?

IncRnd 9y ago
It's possible, because people don't work 24 hours a day and might choose to give up things like television or tablet use in order to spend time with their kids.
TheGRS 9y ago
That was my first thought, but there is also a huge increase in the amount of activities kids do these days, with also an increase in parental participation. Marginal gains over the years have added up. i.e. campaigns to spend time with your kids, PTA meetings, involvement with clubs and sports. I'm sure not all of it is positive (like extreme helicopter parenting), but for the most part it seems to be a good thing.
nasalgoat 9y ago
Weekends. Dad used to fiddle in the basement or go golfing, now he goes to soccer practice or the park.
- pbhjpbhj 9y ago
  Did dad used to fix stuff in the basement, rather than "fiddle", everything now is made to break and be harder to repair than to replace ...
Cd00d 9y ago
I think it was an interview with Bob Newhart (maybe WTF), where he talked about how his dad was never home - instead he went to the bar and hung out with his buddies every night. The interviewer asked him why, and Newhart answered "I guess he didn't really like us very much" (sad, but with a funny delivery). But, maybe we have more "family" time between dinner and bed than previous generations? I don't know. It seems to me, anecdotally, that people tend to spend more time at home in front of tv in the evenings, as opposed to hanging out at bars, for example, than may have been the standard of the past. The pubs in my neighborhood don't have the daily regulars like on Cheers....
goialoq 9y ago
When one parent is working (or relaxing) at home all day, and the children are at school, the parent isn't spending time with the child.
Illotus 9y ago
What? Working 8 hours a day leaves about 8 hours of freetime to spend with your kids even leaving 8 hours for sleep. Even if you change the numbers there is plenty of time to spent, it is just matter of prioritizing.
- rvanmil 9y ago
  This doesn’t make any sense. Kid wakes up at 7:00, you have 1 hour for breakfast and to get ready for school/work. Then you’re back home at 6:00 and you’ll have another hour for dinner and getting your kid ready for bed. So this leaves about 30 minutes to spend time playing with your kid on an average weekday.
dominotw 9y ago
Working from home is really common these days. Almost everyone in my friends/family works from home at-least couple of days a week.

It's possible, because people don't work 24 hours a day and might choose to give up things like television or tablet use in order to spend time with their kids.

TheGRS 9y ago

That was my first thought, but there is also a huge increase in the amount of activities kids do these days, with also an increase in parental participation. Marginal gains over the years have added up. i.e. campaigns to spend time with your kids, PTA meetings, involvement with clubs and sports. I'm sure not all of it is positive (like extreme helicopter parenting), but for the most part it seems to be a good thing.

nasalgoat 9y ago

Weekends. Dad used to fiddle in the basement or go golfing, now he goes to soccer practice or the park.

pbhjpbhj 9y ago
Did dad used to fix stuff in the basement, rather than "fiddle", everything now is made to break and be harder to repair than to replace ...

Cd00d 9y ago

I think it was an interview with Bob Newhart (maybe WTF), where he talked about how his dad was never home - instead he went to the bar and hung out with his buddies every night. The interviewer asked him why, and Newhart answered "I guess he didn't really like us very much" (sad, but with a funny delivery). But, maybe we have more "family" time between dinner and bed than previous generations? I don't know. It seems to me, anecdotally, that people tend to spend more time at home in front of tv in the evenings, as opposed to hanging out at bars, for example, than may have been the standard of the past. The pubs in my neighborhood don't have the daily regulars like on Cheers....

goialoq 9y ago

When one parent is working (or relaxing) at home all day, and the children are at school, the parent isn't spending time with the child.

Illotus 9y ago

What? Working 8 hours a day leaves about 8 hours of freetime to spend with your kids even leaving 8 hours for sleep. Even if you change the numbers there is plenty of time to spent, it is just matter of prioritizing.

rvanmil 9y ago
This doesn’t make any sense. Kid wakes up at 7:00, you have 1 hour for breakfast and to get ready for school/work. Then you’re back home at 6:00 and you’ll have another hour for dinner and getting your kid ready for bed. So this leaves about 30 minutes to spend time playing with your kid on an average weekday.

dominotw 9y ago

Working from home is really common these days. Almost everyone in my friends/family works from home at-least couple of days a week.