On May 12, 2007, at 10:18 AM, Mr. WD wrote:
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> To the extent that American families are being torn apart, etc. The
> problem isn't a lack of God, or spirituality, or too much materialism
> -- it's that average people need to work longer and harder and they
> don't see their families as often. When everyone worked a 40 hour
> week, there was plenty of time for civil society (bowling leagues,
> rotary club, coaching your kid's baseball team...). Those kinds of
> activities just seem quaint now.
There was a thread about this a month or two ago - it's looking like the time crunch hypothesis is way overblown. Americans have quite a bit of leisure time - 4 or 5 hours a day. They just spend most of it watching TV.
Doug