posted by EmpressSassy on Apr 7
As always I’m prefacing this by saying I’m not the mother of the year, but this is about something I’ve noticed recently and I can say, without any hesitation that I didn’t do this when my daughter was young so I feel that I can express my thoughts.
Your children are only young once, one time, that’s it. I’m amazed at the number of people that have their children, part-time at that, and freely give them away to relatives and/or baby-sitters so they can go out and party, hangout with friends or just have their “personal time”. When my daughter was young I couldn’t wait to go home and spend time with her. My Friday nights consisted of taking her to the mall and riding rides (back then Riverfalls Mall had the kiddie rides), eating at the food court and buying her something special. As she got older we’d watch a movie and have dinner. Friday nights we’re our night! Saturdays we played outside; weather permitting and our imaginations ran wild. I miss those days.
I can count on one hand the nights I had a baby-sitter. Yes I had dates on rare occasions, but again it was rare. I had a daughter and she was my responsibility to raise. Children are yours to raise and if you only have them part-time and it’s “your weekend”, why would you pass them off to watch a ballgame with friends or go on a date? It makes me sick to hear people say, “Hey, why don’t you try to find a sitter for your kid so you can go out with us?” It happens all to frequently and these kids are so little and are in need of their parents attention. I just don’t get it.
All I can say is, “They grow up so fast.” Remember that line because you will look back and regret that you didn’t spend time with them when they act as if they don’t really know you. How sad. I can’t imagine NOT wanting to be with our three year old that we have right now. I miss him when I’m at work and I can’t wait to get home to see him. I have my mom put him on the phone during the day just so I can talk to him. His sweet little voice gets me through some pretty crappy days. How could you NOT want to go home to that???
Kids are the most innocent, precious, gift that we are given and we should cherish them! I hate that a lot of young parents do not.
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