Answer: 3 days.
There's no affection between them at all.
By reading the book.
Step-by-step explanation:
First question: Mrs. Bowles spends three days per month with her children, we can view that in the following quote:
- "[...] I plunk the children in school nine days out of ten. I put up with them when they come home three days a month, it's not that bad. [...]"
Second question: There's a clearly broken bond between her and her children. These are the quotes in which we can vision it:
- "[...] You heave them into the parlor and turn the switch. It's like washing clothes..... They'd just as soon kick me as kiss me. Thank God I can kick back."