We all know that quality family time is pretty much essential to a good family

I think anything from just going to dinner to watching movies to go to the park together is family time. Anything that don't include any one else like friends or other family. We live so far from our families that we spend a lot of time together and do things with each other all the time.

I consider it getting down on my hands and knees and playing with my son, he's a toddler so that's all he does lol. Also doing things together as a family, like going to a park. We also sit down at the table to eat and turn off the dang television. I get plenty of quality time with my son, but we don't have much quality time as a family since my husband works so much.

The quality time seems to dwindle as the children get older. Or maybe I should say the time gets spent differently like maybe little league games and football games. Quality time is any time you can spend with your family or even part of your family since different things interest different children you may be going to a baseball game one night and a concert the next. But your presence and support makes it quality time. During the more hectic years we always tried to at least have the whole familt together for meals. It was hard sometime, and we often had to settle for maybe three to five family meals a week, but you learn to accept and do what you can to help and support all their interests.

I spend most of my time alone. My husband works two jobs he leaves at 6am in the moring and comes home at 10pm at night 4 nights a week. Friday night we go out to eat. Saturdays and Sudays he goes to a ranch we co-own and he works all days at that. So I see him when he in home on those nights. Our children are grown. Quality time was the kids and I spending time together my husband always thought that farming and other things were more important. He is the one who does not know his children. I know them and did 99% of the raising while working and going to school. Our quality time was different depending upon our mood. Going out to eat was one, reading together was another, palying games, watching tV. I guess what every you do with your children where they are involved is quality time.