Have you as a parent ever felt ike this?

hi bslovers Ha ha ha I can commisserate with you. When my daughter was in Grade 2 she joined Girl Scouts. One day they had an overnight camping in school so we packed her things and send her on her way. I told her to bring her cellphone so we can check with her. Did you know that her nanny and I were so worried and unable to sleep that night thinking about her? It was the first time that she was out of the house and slept away from us. The next morning she was so happy blabbing about the experience not knowing what she put us through the night before. It will happen now and then but don't be sad just enjoy every minute of what you can with your children.

You know I experienced this one just last week! Jazzalynn went to stay with mom and dad and I said your coming home today. She said, how about I come home next week? For a second it hurt my feelings but then I thought about it and realized that's a good thing because I know she had fun! I know she didn't mean to hurt my feelings and I know she loves me so much. Kids want to stay where they have the most fun and where they are spoiled at times...

It's perfectly normal for you to wonder about it. It is also very normal that your children want to stay and play. You have to understand that your children see you more than any one else. Because of that, when they have the chance to spend time with other people and have sleep overs, is usually just because they want a different kind of entertainment. I know that my children love me more than anything, they tell me all the time. I also know that if they have the chance to stay at grandma's house, where they will be spoiled, I know they are going to take it. It has nothing to do with them not wanting to spend time with you or, not loving you. They just need time to do new things, interact with other people and just plain have fun. If it makes you feel any better, the first couple of times that my children went on sleepovers, I felt the same way. You will get over it, and until then you have all of us here on mylot to talk to and share stories with. Hope this helps. Happy Mylotting.

I felt that way before when he used to play with his best friend from school. I definitely understand that kids would like to stay elsewhere because of a playmate. But there came a time that my son wanted to hangout with his grandmother more than with me, so I felt like crying one day because he would rather stay in the other room than where I was. That really felt super not so good. So I put more effort playing with my son and spend more time with him. It paid off because now he prefers to be with me all the time than anyone else. I am loving every minute and every second of every day.

Awww. I'm sorry you feel that way..I'm sure it's not that way :( and I think you're right-kids just love to play..they dont' want to go home. My daughter is there now..but then again-she's 13...she practically lives at her "bffl"'s house..when school starts-this won't be happening LOL

I guess every parent feel that way the first, second or i guess forever when your child wants to do something without you. And I guess for parents, these is the time when we have to accepts that our little angels wants to learn things beyond what we can give. Experience things beyond what we want. This is their way of being independent and though sometime we know it's right for them to learn how to be independent we are so afraid to lose them. I also have those moments and it saddens me but I know, he is just learning to mingle on his own and learn other things on his ways

i have a four year old child though i can say that i have never experienced that yet that he wants to sleep over at any of my siblings house. but sometimes i get jealous when he is more sweet with his mom. my wife too gets jealous sometimes when he is more sweet at me. one time my wife even told me that our son only needed her when he is hungry. har har har. so i guess this is natural.

Hi, I guess this is so called "separation anxiety". YOu just feel sad to get separated from your kids. Not a big issue...try to control your emotion. Sometimes, I also miss my son when he was at school for whole morning, the house just feel empty and lonely without his voice around. But that is the fact. our kids have grown up and they have to be independent. To try to get relax and let your kids to play around with their cousins. You can always visit them back and spent more times with them.

I can't really say that I've ever felt unwanted when it comes to my children. However, I can say that there have been times that I have felt sad because of my children. You see, when my daughter was very small, she spent a lot of time with my in-laws and also with my mother. My mother because we all lived together when she was very small and my in-laws because they had never had a daughter of their own. However, now that both she and my son are older, the only time I feel sad is when they both decide to spend the night away from home.

I think this is what they call "separation anxiety". Just until recently, my 2 yr old daughter always sleep in between my husband and me. Then, for some reason that we don't know, she would wake up in the middle of the night and look for her nanny. She would cry until her nanny came and put her back to sleep. It made me sad that she's more comfortable to sleep with her nanny than with us. But I try to understand because she's usually with her nanny the entire day. I just look on the bright side that the nanny is treating her well enough for my daughter to reciprocate.