Comments on: Parenting: Give Them Our Time

By: Corey

Corey — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 04:58:47 +0000

I agree with this 100%. Great post!

By: Barefoot Paula

Barefoot Paula — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 12:43:08 +0000

also meant to say that sometimes time rather than money majkes them resourceful – eg we don’t have much disposable income as we chose to look after them a lot ourselves but when we say we can’t buy a certain thing they always say, don’t worry we’ll go home and make one from cardboard or junk! Fast forward a few years and that’s got to be a useful skill!

By: Mother at Large

Mother at Large — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 23:28:30 +0000

So true! It’s what we all value in our relationships. Why should it be any different for babies and children? Yet it was so heartening to read this posting and be reminded of that.

By: IngeniousRose

IngeniousRose — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 21:12:09 +0000

I agree although it’s definately quality not quantity. Best to spend half an hour together chatting over a picnic in the garden than watching an hour of television in silence. Your reminder about time being what is remembered an not toys etc was particularly helpful to me.

By: Little Mummy

Little Mummy — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 13:48:16 +0000

21st Century Mummy – the cleaning will always be there, I have to keep reminding myself of this fact.

Paula – I like that – they aren’t interested in you paying off the mortgage – so true!

By: Barefoot Paula

Barefoot Paula — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 13:16:18 +0000

Oooh I so agree! My sister has much older kids than mine and she said to me often when mine were born ‘they aren’t interested in you paying off the mortgage’! We ummed and ahhed about a holiday this year as we are stoney broke (both working part time so we can look after the kids until they are both in school) but decided we should, even if it was cheap camping holiday (which it was though not that cheap!) because holidays, beaches, castles, playing outside with other kids is the very thing they remember and learn from.

Also they do grow up in a heartbeat so when it’s gone, it’s gone…

By: 21st Century Mummy

21st Century Mummy — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 10:34:06 +0000

You’re so right Erica. Take yesterday, I spent about 45 minutes doing jigsaws with my eldest. It only came about because my youngest boy grabbed the jigsaw book and pulled apart three jigsaw pictures in one fell swoop. I took some time out from tidying to help my eldest put each picture back together again. If I didn’t do it then, the pieces would have got lost forever. Even though I was anxious as first over the time it was taking, I soon began to enjoy myself spending some quiet time together and we were both pleased when we’d finished the jigsaws. The rest of the jobs have been able to wait until today.

By: t-bird

t-bird — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 19:53:50 +0000

yup! I’m all for wild spontaneous outings! I was talking to my mum the other week about a day when we were up in Scotland. i could remember me coaxing the embers of someone else’s campfire back to life absolutely determined to toast marshmallows on it and was really proud when I managed it. My mum pointed out taht the reason it was so tricky to get the fire going was that it was raining! I didn’t remember the rain, just what we did!