April 21, 2005

WWHS: Reason #1

So we never live like these folks.

Selected, and utterly depressing snippets from the article.

In short, home life is beginning to imitate the downsized American office.

It means parents and children live virtually apart at least five days a week. They reunite for a few hours at night, sleep and separate again the next morning. In this study, at least one parent was likely to be up and gone before the children awoke.

What’s falling by the wayside?

Playtime. Conversation. Courtesy. Intimacy.

Kim and Gary Zeiss are keeping their children busy by design. They believe it’s a key to being a successful adult in a culture that rewards multi-taskers.

“You know the old saying,” says Gary, a 47-year-old attorney. “If you want something done, give it to a busy person. They’re learning how to be that.

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