For families who live apart, the notion that ‘quality time’ comes from time spent together as a family is rather exclusionary. Not only that, but Pia Christensen from the University of Copenhagen believes that underlying this notion is an assumption that family time is ‘good’ for children. After listening to the views of English children living in the north of England about time with their families, Christensen found that these ten- to eleven-year-olds did not actually want more time with their families.
That’s an excerpt from the book Beyond 9 to 5, Sarah Norgate, 2006, Columbia University Press, New York.