agirl
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ORIGINAL: TheShrew quote:
ORIGINAL: Arpig Motel 6 quote:
ORIGINAL: Asherscorp1 If you focus on the fact that your child will only BE a child once and every moment is precious you will balance out what you want to do in your "adult" life and what you are priveleged to do as a parent, which is put your children first. These! {Schedule 'alone' time. Otherwise, control yourselves until your child[ren] are visiting relatives/friends. Unfortunately, they'll be grown and gone before you know it. Then, you'll have more moments than you could have imagined where you'd give up anything to have them small again for just 1 day.} Well, that's one way of looking at it. My life runs alongside my children's and is equally as important. They come first in areas of responsibility.Other than that......... they, and I, don't view their lives and interest/concerns as having more significance whatsoever. It's a *we* thing, and every second of MY life is precious too, no matter what stage or age we're at. I see no particular privilege in being the parent of my offspring, anymore than I'd expect them to imagine they are *privileged* to be my child. agirl
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