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| Subject: Kids shouldn't be your highest priority Thu Oct 09, 2014 8:07 pm | |
| If I'm speaking with a group of parents and I want to elicit a lively debate, I only need to say the following:
Kids shouldn't be your highest priority.
As a youngster, I remember my dad telling me that "your mum always comes first," but I really didn't understand what he meant. It wasn't until I spent many years working with kids and families that I realised that focusing your life around the needs and wants of your children was a serious mistake.
I've gotten some passionate feedback on this position from many parents. My favorite comment was from a mum of an infant. "I'll tell that to my 6-month-old the next time she wakes up in the middle of the night screaming for food." One reader's comments were more personal. "You must not have kids. Having children means sacrificing what you want for what they need."
http://www.essentialkids.com.au/family-life/family-home/kids-shouldnt-be-your-highest-priority-20141008-10rntq.html#utm_source=FD&utm_medium=lifeandstylepuff&utm_campaign=kidscomesecond |
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