In general, we spent most of our "family time" at the dinner table or in front of the TV. Also, the whole family would spend a ton of time together when we went camping in the summer.

As for doing things together on weekends, my mom would mostly do stuff like drive me to the library upon request. But we wouldn't look at books together or anything - she would come pick me up an hour or so later. Oh, I almost forgot - my mom would also come up with big landscaping projects, and I spent a lot of time landscaping the yard to her specifications.

It was just a different time! I never doubted that my parents loved me, but they did their own thing and left us mostly to our own devices (except when they were conscripting us to work as free child labor).

Did your parents want to hang out/play with you a lot growing up?