it was sarcastic....i use the phrase "quality time" sarcastically....as if kids can be ignore for days at a time and then have it "made up" with a self described "quality time"

That phrase came into being when both mom and dad ended up working as opposed to mom stayiing home. And the quality time later extended to broken families.. And then it extended to one parent families. I think homeless kids on the streets will be fine because someone will give them "quality time" and it will all turn out well.

All that "quality time" and I am so jealous....I never received it. neither of my parents offered me quality time....where they tried extra hard or something like that. Isnt that what "quality time is? I am not sure. But I just had a stay at home mom and a dad that came home at night like all my friends.........If I knew about quality time I would have demanded it at some point.

the term "quality time" does more for the parents .....than it does for the kids. It was devised to shield people from the shame of not being around to properly and fully parent their children. Society used to look at people who werent around to fully parent their children as being derelict...however if you say "I spend quality time"......well then thats a different story....you are a hero. Society accepts that....and for accepting that they pay a price