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FILENAME:	4565_1199_1360
TOPIC#:		358
DATE:		920404
TRANSCRIBER:	nk
UTT_CODER:      mmab
DIFFICULTY:	1
TOPICALITY:	1
NATURALNESS:	1
ECHO_FROM_B:	1
ECHO_FROM_A:	1
STATIC_ON_A:	1
STATIC_ON_B:	1
BACKGROUND_A:	2
BACKGROUND_B:	2
REMARKS:        None.

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%          A.1 utt1:  <Music>  I, - /
sv          A.1 utt2: {D you know, } {D actually } in this  modern day and age, it seems like,  {F uh, } {F uh, } we have more and more leisure time  because, {F uh, } we have so many [ convenience, +  appliances ] and whatnot.  /
sv          A.1 utt3:   We don't even have to cook dinner anymore. /  

aa          B.2 utt1:  <TV> Yes.  /
aa          B.2 utt2:  # Yeah,  /
aa          B.2 utt3: really. # /  

sd          A.3 utt1:  # {F Uh, } # {C but } [ [ I, + {F uh, }   

x          B.4 utt1:  <Sniffing>.   

+          A.5 utt1:  I've ] heard, + {A I don't know this for a fact, }  {C but } I've heard ] that a lot of families really don't spend a great deal of time together.  /
sv          A.5 utt2:   [ That ki-, + the kids ] maybe on the average get, {F uh, } something like thirty seconds of  quality time with the parents. /  

sd          B.6 utt1:  That's what I've heard too.  {F Uh, } /  

sv          A.7 utt1:  It seems bizarre to me.  /
sv          A.7 utt2:  I don't quite understand it, although I think probably [ the, + the ] worst thing that's happening [ in the   world, +  at least the modern world ] today, is television. /  

b          B.8 utt1:  Yeah. /  

sv          A.9 utt1:  <Throat_clearing> Not so much because, {F uh, }  it's bad per se, although there is some pretty crappy programming  /
sv          A.9 utt2: {C and } [ I thin-, +  there's  also some, {F uh, } I think, ] {F uh, } poorer lifestyles illustrated  but simply because it dominates so  much discussionary time. /  

b          B.10 utt1:  Right. /  

sv          A.11 utt1:  It's so darned easy to turn the thing on. /  

aa          B.12 utt1:  I know it.  /
sd(^q)          B.12 utt2: [ I've, + I ] tell myself sometimes,  just sit down after # work, # /  

sd          A.13 utt1:  # {C So } # I refuse to have one in the house. /  

bh          B.14 utt1:  {F Oh } really? /  

ny          A.15 utt1:  Yeah. /  

ba          B.16 utt1:  {D Well } good for you.  /
ba^r          B.16 utt2:  Good for you.  /
sd          B.16 utt3:  [ A lot of people, + I talk to a lot of people ] about that  /
sd          B.16 utt4: {C and } I've thought about it myself  /
sd          B.16 utt5: {C and } I though about it a lot  /
x          B.16 utt6: <laughter>.   

b          A.17 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sd          B.18 utt1:  {C But, }  {F uh, } I still haven't done it yet.  /
ba          B.18 utt2:   {D Well } that's good. /  

^h          A.19 utt1:  {D Well } I'll tell you.  /
sv          A.19 utt2:  Television sure makes child  rearing easy on you.  /
sv          A.19 utt3:  {E I mean } the kids can be a real pest,  {F uh, }  /
sv          A.19 utt4: {C and } turning the T V on is almost  like  magic, {D you know, }  /
sv          A.19 utt5: it's like sticking, {F uh, } an electrode  into their pleasure center  /
sv          A.19 utt6: {C and } you don't have to worry about them. /  

aa          B.20 utt1:  That's true #  /
sd          B.20 utt2: I've noticed that. # /  

sv          A.21 utt1:  # {C But } # I don't think it's too good. /  

aa          B.22 utt1:  # I don't think so either. # /  

h          A.23 utt1:  # {F Uh, } {C so, } # {D you know, } I don't know,  /
%          A.23 utt2: I take advantage, - /
sd          A.23 utt3: I don't have a great deal of time to spend with the kids,  /
sd          A.23 utt4: {C but } I take advantage of,  {F um, } dinner time.  /
sd          A.23 utt5: We always eat together  /
sv          A.23 utt6: {C and, } {D you know, }  whenever you're with your kids, you want to interact with them rather than just ignore  them. /  

qy          B.24 utt1:  Do you keep your kids, {F uh, } active in sports or  anything  /
%          B.24 utt2: {C or, } -/  

sd          A.25 utt1:  {F Uh, } I guess our big outlet is music.  {F Uh } -- /  

bk          B.26 utt1:  {F Oh, } okay. /  

sd          A.27 utt1:  -- our thirteen year old son plays violin  /
sd          A.27 utt2: {C and } our,   

x          B.28 utt1:  <Child>.   

+          A.29 utt1:  nine year old daughter plays cello -- /  

bk          B.30 utt1:  Okay. /  

sd          A.31 utt1:  -- {C and, }  {F uh, } when our son started playing violin,  I took up violin  /
sd          A.31 utt2: {C and } when our daughter started playing cello, I took up cello. /  

x          B.32 utt1:  </Child>.   

sd          A.33 utt1:  {C So } there's [ plenty of, + plenty of ] interactive  time in, {F uh, } practicing.  Although neither kid likes to practice. /  

x          B.34 utt1:  <Laughter>.   

sv          A.35 utt1:  I guess that's not a big surprise. /  

aa          B.36 utt1:  No.  /
sv          B.36 utt2:  Not for kids <laughter>. /  

sv          A.37 utt1:  {C But } [ I mea-,  + I imagine ] with infants  [ you <throat_clearing> are, + ]  most of your time is sort of spent taking care of them rather than  interacting with them.    

aa          B.38 utt1:  Yeah.  /
sd          B.38 utt2: # {D Well } # --   

+          A.39 utt1:  # Although, # -/  

+          B.40 utt1:  -- [ I, + I ] try and read to them  /
sd          B.40 utt2: {C and } I take them to  the park and stuff  /
%@          B.40 utt3: {C and, }     

sv          A.41 utt1:  {F Oh, } {D you know, } reading is so good. /  

+@          B.42 utt1:  Yeah. /  

sd          A.43 utt1:  [ I, + {F uh, } I ] took great pleasure in reading to  my kids when they were little  /
sd          A.43 utt2: {C and } I still try to read to them, although our son is not  liking that anymore. /  

b          B.44 utt1:  Yeah.  /
sv          B.44 utt2:  # {D Well, } they get to that stage. # /  

%          A.45 utt1:  # {F Uh, } {C but } I read, # {D you know } - /
sd          A.45 utt2: there's  this DOCTOR SEUSS sleep book.  /
qy          A.45 utt3:  Have you ever seen that yet? /  

^h          B.46 utt1:  Sleep book,  /
nn          B.46 utt2: no. /  

b          A.47 utt1:  Yeah,  /
sd          A.47 utt2: it's called a sleep book  /
ad          A.47 utt3: {C and, }  {F uh, }  you ought to get it.  /
sd          A.47 utt4:  I tell you I read that book to my kids so many times I almost have the thing memorized. /  

x          B.48 utt1:  <Laughter>.   

b          A.49 utt1:  {F Uh, } /  

sd          B.50 utt1:  We've got quite a few of DOCTOR SEUSS' books. /  

b          A.51 utt1:  Yeah.  /
sd          A.51 utt2: {D Well, } [ I think, + I think ] his sleep book  is my favorite. /  

bh          B.52 utt1:  {F Oh, } really? /  

ny          A.53 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

b          B.54 utt1:  {D Well, } yeah  /
sd          B.54 utt2: [ I like to, + I like to ] do it  /
sd          B.54 utt3:  {C and } they enjoy reading.  /
sd          B.54 utt4:  I've,   {D actually } I never read ] a lot growing up  /
sd          B.54 utt5: {C and } I never read  until a few years ago  /
sd          B.54 utt6: I just started picking up books  /
sd          B.54 utt7: {C and  so } I've found that,  {D you know, } it's really important to me to get to read.  /
sd          B.54 utt8: To,  I like to ] get away in a  book, {D you know? } /  

b          A.55 utt1:  Uh-huh,  /
b^r          A.55 utt2: uh-huh. /  

sd          B.56 utt1:  {C And so } I've put a lot more emphasis on that, on my kids --   

b          A.57 utt1:  Uh-huh.  /
qw          A.57 utt2: # {C So } how # --   

+          B.58 utt1:  -- # to try and, # -/  

+          A.59 utt1:  -- much time do you think you spend with your kids on the average per each day? /  

sd          B.60 utt1:  {F Oh, } I probably spend an hour or two. /  

ba          A.61 utt1:  {F Oh } that's great. /  

sd          B.62 utt1:  My wife works at night,  /
sd          B.62 utt2: {C so } she does, {F uh, }  Tupperware,  /
sd          B.62 utt3: {C so } she's gone a lot at nights  /
sd          B.62 utt4: {C and # so } # --   

b          A.63 utt1:  # {F Oh, } I see. # /  

+          B.64 utt1:  -- I spend a lot of time with them <sniffing>. /  

qw          A.65 utt1:  [ Ho-, + how ] old are your kids again? /  

sd          B.66 utt1:  They're two and one. /  

b^m          A.67 utt1:  Two and one. /  

b          B.68 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

b          A.69 utt1:  Yeah,  /
sv          A.69 utt2: {C so } you have your hands full with them,  /
sv          A.69 utt3: that's for sure </music>. /  

aa          B.70 utt1:  Yeah </TV>. / 
