Best advice on raising your children

[Rambozo96]

Spend time with them. I've heard people say "I don't spend much time with my kids, but when I do, I make sure it's quality time." That's just a load of hucky-pucky as far as I'm concerned. You can't manufacture quality time, but it will happen spontaneously if you spend quantity time with them.

There’s quite literally a song about the negatives of not making time for the kids.

 

[Stuball48]

There’s quite literally a song about the negatives of not making time for the kids.

"I'm Gonna Be Like You Dad" is one - may not be the one you are thinking of Rambozo96 but one I remember.
JohnW gave us the correct title, "Cats in the Cradle."

 

[Rambozo96]

"I'm Gonna Be Like You Dad" is one - may not be the one you are thinking of Rambozo96 but one I remember.

I think it was about a spoon salesman/pet store owner that had no time for his son? Not sure.

 

[JohnW63]

Cats in the cradle

 

[Stuball48]

Cats in the cradle

Thanks JohnW for correct title

 

[steve488]

When mine were young and said "I can't do this" (whatever this was) my first response was "Have you tried?", along with I will help you do anything you to try, but I will not do it for you. Also when starting something (particularly a paper / report of some type) I always said "Just write something down. You can always change it". Some part of it worked as one has two Masters (one in law), and the other has a PhD.

 

[dreadnut]

I could tell you a whole buttload of things NOT to do, from personal experience. But we're not going there.

 

[chazmo]

At the risk of seeming a little sad, I just have always felt that this song expresses the kind of grief which I never, eve want my children to feel. As such, I'm pretty big on open communication...