kids need your time...more than your money

Kids need your time and money.

Yes i agree. We have 9 children and I do my best to give each child their alone time with me everyday. Even if it is just talking. It's important.

Tangible things can make a child happy temporarily only. It is of prime importance to make a child realize the meaning of real happiness that the child can bring with him or her until old age. This one can only be realized if parents will spend quality time with their kids. These kids are fast growing up. No one can go back to his or her childhood state. It will really be a good thing for parents to make time to raise their kids in love and understanding.

I so agree . Being with them is far more enriching for their emotional growth and also for their mental growth because they get to talk and interact with you .

I totally agree and sometimes we lose sight of the responsibility we have when raising kids. If you buy them off with toys and 'stuff' when they're young you'll likely be creating the monsters of tomorrow.

My sentiments exactly! I have always been a believer of the fact that we have kids to make our family complete. But what is the point if we never have time for them? Life is very unpredictable and sometimes can be very short-lived. So it does seem to makes more sense to spend whatever time you can and help to enhance the growth of your children in a very healthy manner - rather than justify your earnings by pampering them with toys and modern gadgets. As they grow older, they will outgrow materialistic things, but love and knowledge that is received from a parent is never lost in time.

No doubt children need parents at every stage of their growth more so during early years. For working women it is a tough balancing act, because they feel guilty all the time not being able to spend enough time with the child, at the same time unable to give up their job for any number of reasons.So, they try to compensate by buying toys . It is a sad state of affairs, so you need to think a hundred times before deciding to have a child of your own and make all the necessary preparations ...Ideally if you can take leave or work from home for the first two years things would not be so stressful for the mother.

I agree definitely. Even the richest of kids need attention and love.

We gave a lot of our time to our 2 sons when they were growing up and it shows today!

I agree, my family didn't make a lot of money growing up, but my mom also spent time with me, in all reality, as I look back on my childhood, I am happy my mom spent time with my family because I really didn't really notice the lack of money, as much as I noticed the quality time with my family.