[speaker001:] kind of younger still and we do a lot of activities with them how about your kids
[speaker002:] my children are in their late twenties and both are married and we do things as a family all together and when they were younger we were very involved in Little League and Scouts and band and football and things you know I have two sons things that you do together
[speaker001:] are are your sons are your sons still live in the area
[speaker002:] yes one lives in Plano and the other lives in Lewisville
[speaker001:] well
[speaker002:] with their wives
[speaker001:] I've got one son and one daughter and I think the activities haven't changed because my son is in Scouts and the orchestra and the choir and ballet and church activities and uh soccer and basketball and baseball and my daughter is on the swim team is in ballet uh takes piano lessons is in the Girl Scouts so tends to be very busy
[speaker002:] right well I my husband and I always felt that if you want to keep them off the street so to speak that if they're involved in a smaller group type things that um it really is wonderful as far as socializing and learning and just keeping out of trouble I work at a high school and I see a lot of kids who because it's a large school you're just sort are a little teeny fish in a big pond here and if you belong to you know a smaller group you you just have a better class of friends and and stuff and I think it's wonderful I I admire you it's a lot of time out Saturdays Sundays and nights but it it definitely is worth the the time to get your kids involved in in various things
[speaker001:] well gives gives them the opportunity to uh you know to relate to other people and not only to learn a specific skill and how to apply it but but more importantly how to you know work within the uh larger context
[speaker002:] oh yeah right the social life socialization is is worth whatever it is they're learning and it you know my kids never were on the championship teams they were both in the band they happened to have graduated from the school where I work and and um all those things were or have served them and still are you know in their adult years and in college uh you know that they just they remember lots of good times and um we'd still hear frequently from former teammates or band members or you know people who stop by and say hi to my husband and I and uh so are you active with I mean do you coach any of these things or
[speaker001:] oh yes I coached this year I've coached soccer I've coached baseball I'm a uh assistant scout master in the Scouts I've actually appeared on stage with them in their ballet performances and then a feel of things so it's a
[speaker002:] oh
[speaker001:] it's uh it's it's pretty active and my wife teaches piano and she's active with the Girl Scouts so
[speaker002:] well I'd it
[speaker001:] takes a tremendous amount of time
[speaker002:] it does and and um but as I say I I really feel to keep them away from the bad element at school or just at the mall or wherever uh every every hour pays off in the long run as far as uh keeping the kids from out of trouble and and uh and I see frequently see that here just because it's a high school and and uh you know kids kids get in trouble there's no
[speaker001:] well the ones in trouble the ones that are bored that's their biggest problem is boredom if they
[speaker002:] that's right that's right they're also you know have parents that either can't or don't care about their activities and don't support them and and uh over the years my kids have had friends like in the band that in in in three years of high school band their parents never saw a football game to watch them I think I I we never miss a game we still go and the last one graduated in nineteen eighty two so but we still you know go to watch these things and and uh
[speaker001:] well sure like last night we went to hear my son play in the uh orchestra then last week we heard him sing in the choir twice so you know we're
[speaker002:] and uh it's a lot of hours for a parents but as they
[speaker001:] a lot of hours either it be helping to run things or to just sit there and listen to things
[speaker002:] right right right but it it uh I recall my own parents being active in in my endeavors and uh you know I think you you you just can't spend enough time with kids in in quality time as I like to call it and and uh you know it's worth every every hour every so you have two children a boy and a girl how old are they
[speaker001:] well my son's eleven my daughter's ten
[speaker002:] okay well see mine are twenty seven and thirty so
[speaker001:] well I've got I've got a long way to go
[speaker002:] well start saving your money for college