Parent on Vacation

[sunnydays]

I actually agree with Daycarewhisperer on this one. I find this whole "quality time" thing a bit ridicululous to be honest. So parents do all of their work, chores, errands etc and hten spend half an hour of "quality time"with the child which is all about teaching him he is the centre of the universe, more important than anything else and parents have nothing else to worry about or do in life than play with their little angels. That was my point with doing chores with children present. Children learn that there is balance. Parents have many things that have to be done. Not every moment has to be focused on the child. Children learn to entertain themselves, to help out, to respect the fact that they are part of the family but not the focus of the family or universe for that matter. It is good to pay attention to kids and do things with them, but unrealistic that this "quality" time should be the ONLY time spent with the kids.