I wonder. Watching TV or doing stuff with the TV on the background?
--- Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> wrote:
>
> On May 12, 2007, at 10:18 AM, Mr. WD wrote:
>
> >
> > 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
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