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Parenting - The Lost Art
I am a parent of 2 very young school aged girls. There are times I wonder if I am being the best parent for them. My spouse and I both work, just like other parents. We went through the years (and expense) of daycare. We have gone through the abuse at daycare.
We have done everything that other parents in the U.S. are doing now. But, I wonder if we have lost, or never knew the art of parenting. We can both remember our mothers being home to greet us from school; being chaperones on field trips; picking us up from school when we were sick. Now, we cannot do these things. Our children's school is constantly asking for help from the parents; but it is very hard to take off from work whenever the school needs help. Thus the school needs to hire more people to help in the schools. In turn, our taxes go up because the schools had to hire the help. We know that we don't like our taxes to go up. We know the schools need help. But is this helping our children? More and More I keep wondering if we as parents are neglecting our children because of the economic pressure? Personally, I found myself working 8 hours a day; then brought work home and continue for another 3 to 4 hours. When did my children get to play with me? Now I teach high school and still have the same issue. No matter what I do to change the situation, I always find myself back into it. What can we do to find the art of parenting? www.autosubmitter.us/tr.php?537 --- MAF Anti-Spam ID: 20050901185318U1x2AwB0 |
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You don't identify your gender, but either you or your spouse could stop
working at his/her job. It's not easy, and it could mean that you have to sell your house and move into something smaller, or even an apartment. But it is a way to get what you are asking for. |
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