Social and cultural outings

Almost half of the respondents did not recall cultural or social outings with their families when they were growing up. Of the 12 who said they had family outings, six reported infrequent (once or twice a year) or seasonal outings (during summer vacation). One person said her family traveled extensively but did not visit museums or art galleries when they traveled.

Table 16. Cultural and social outings
Outings Number of
responses		 Occupation Comments
Did not take part in any cultural outings with parents 10 0 n=4
A n=2
B n=2
C n=2		 We did not go on cultural outings.
My parents ran a restaurant and store so there was no time for outings.
We didn’t go on cultural outings because we lived in the boonies.
Took part in social outings with parents 12 0 n=1
A n=3
B n=3
C n=3
D n=2		 We went to the Muttart Conservatory once a year.
We went on summer vacation trips so we would do things then like shows and factory tours.
We went on outings to the beach.