How Much Quality Time Do You give Your Child?
By ellyse2003
@ellyse2003 (1463)
Philippines
October 30, 2010 12:59am CST
I'm a student and have a little boy at home. I always got to school to study while his father works for us. I also make money online at night when my kid is sleeping, I don't know if I'm giving the best quality time that a child should have from his mother. How much quality do you give your child?
5 responses
@KellieWilson (98)
• United States
7 Nov 10
I feel blessed to be a stay-at-home mom, so I am there basically every waking moment with my kids. I understand this is not something everyone has the option to do, and I say that no matter how much time you have with your kids, as long as you make that time as meaningful as possible, your children will know they are loved. My husband works hard and does not have as much time as I do with the girls, but if you ask them he hung the moon! It is not about the quantity of time but the quality. I am sure you are a great mom, the fact that you worry about this is a good sign of that. Continue to love your child as only you can, and enjoy every moment you do get to spend with him.
@ellyse2003 (1463)
• Philippines
8 Nov 10
I was planning to be a stay-at-home mom, but i have dreams for my kid and I can only give that to him if I work. My husband is working but my our child is growing and cannot hold on to our expenses. Next year he needs to go to school and if I don't work, we can't send him to school. So I really have to give him a quality time where he can understand why I'm working.
@bredwine2 (29)
• United States
2 Nov 10
I belive that in todays worls and enconomy a mother has to work and should be getting a degree and i am doing both i go to school in the morning and try to get homework and make some money online at night just as you do and during the day I just play and spend as much time as possible with my son.As long as your child or children know that you love them very much and are just trying to make a better life for them . They will understand when old enough and eventually all that you are doin will pay off. But as long as you give them all the time you can i do not belive that there is any certain amount of time you have to spend with your children everyday.
@ellyse2003 (1463)
• Philippines
3 Nov 10
Thank you for that. My kid sometimes asks me if I'm ok or something like that. he's only three years old and he keeps on observing everything I do. I wanted to have a date with him but now I can't do it without extra money. A few months before we can give everything he wants but since we don't have money anymore, we cannot go out that often. The only thing we do now is play with him before going to sleep and make a little house inside out bedroom.
@ellyse2003 (1463)
• Philippines
3 Nov 10
I'm a young mother and I'm a student too. I wanted to get my degree soon so that I can have quality time for my kid. I love him so much that I even work at home to get money online. I work everyday I can. But I think that time I'm giving him is enough for him to understand things about me and my studies. He may still be a kid, but I know he understands me.
@ellyse2003 (1463)
• Philippines
30 Oct 10
Actually, I'm working online right now and playing with my kid too. I'm doing both at the same time but not all the time. I always concentrate at night on the internet working when he sleeps.
@hippiemomdiaries (815)
• Philippines
30 Oct 10
I am a full time working mother. I only get to see my children at night when I come home from the office. With that little window of time before I tuck them to bed, I maximize it by attending and checking into their schoolwork because they're both of school age. Before I let them go to sleep, we just talk or play or read bedtime stories. It is really difficult. Inasmuch as we want to stretch the hours, circumstances prevent us to do so. But I feel that my children appreciate the time I give them. Kids don't count the hours, they cherish the feeling, the love and the care that you showered on them. So it makes me feel good that my kids appreciate it and they express this through their smiles, their hugs, their kisses.
@ellyse2003 (1463)
• Philippines
31 Oct 10
I think kids can understand when their parents are at work and when they arrive late at night as long as parents give time for their kids everyday. My kids is always asking for my presence whenever I'm at school, I'm still in college and I also work sometime online but I always work and play with him whenever I'm at home. I hope he'll understand why I'm always busy.