We analysed human relations in which children thought to have a sence of togetherness in daily lives, using the questionnaire data obtained from children who live in suburban areas.
The results were as follows :
1) Children rarely spend “quality time” with their fathers, while the reverse is true in that they spend it with their mothers doing such things as household chores.
2) Children tend to have meals not with their parents, but alone or with siblings.
3) Children usually spend their time within similar homogeneous groups, not requiring wider communication. So there is little opportunity for expansion of their human relations.
4) They are not very familiar with their neighbours.
