Comments on: Parenting: Really there with our kids, or ‘just happen to be there’? http://www.oureverydaythings.com/2009/12/parenting-really-there-with-our-kids-or-just-happen-to-be-there/ Loving Life with Children, Everyday Wed, 16 May 2012 15:14:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: nic http://www.oureverydaythings.com/2009/12/parenting-really-there-with-our-kids-or-just-happen-to-be-there/#comment-2788 nic Tue, 15 Dec 2009 09:04:31 +0000 http://www.oureverydaythings.com/?p=3867#comment-2788 The guilt feeling is always lingering in me...always feel that I'm 'so near yet so far' to my boy! Too much mundane chores! The guilt feeling is always lingering in me…always feel that I’m ‘so near yet so far’ to my boy! Too much mundane chores!

]]> By: Leonny http://www.oureverydaythings.com/2009/12/parenting-really-there-with-our-kids-or-just-happen-to-be-there/#comment-2765 Leonny Thu, 10 Dec 2009 17:55:36 +0000 http://www.oureverydaythings.com/?p=3867#comment-2765 Priscilla: Thanks for sharing too ... I need to constantly remind myself all the time too, to really listen, and at times when I can't 'really be there with them' (usually because of work deadlines, etc), I try to make an effort to just get out of the house and spend time with them... Can't imagine how much harder it is for you with 3 little ones to handle too ... Priscilla:

Thanks for sharing too …

I need to constantly remind myself all the time too, to really listen, and at times when I can’t ‘really be there with them’ (usually because of work deadlines, etc), I try to make an effort to just get out of the house and spend time with them…

Can’t imagine how much harder it is for you with 3 little ones to handle too …

]]> By: Leonny http://www.oureverydaythings.com/2009/12/parenting-really-there-with-our-kids-or-just-happen-to-be-there/#comment-2764 Leonny Thu, 10 Dec 2009 17:52:11 +0000 http://www.oureverydaythings.com/?p=3867#comment-2764 Alli: Thanks for sharing! Somehow I feel it's something that quite a lot of parents these days are facing too ... Alli:

Thanks for sharing! Somehow I feel it’s something that quite a lot of parents these days are facing too …

]]> By: Priscilla http://www.oureverydaythings.com/2009/12/parenting-really-there-with-our-kids-or-just-happen-to-be-there/#comment-2762 Priscilla Wed, 09 Dec 2009 04:04:15 +0000 http://www.oureverydaythings.com/?p=3867#comment-2762 Leony, great post and reminder! I am guilty of that too, cooking the dinner, with the exhaust fan noise in the background, eldest boy telling me about his day in school, my 2nd one in the background winging out loud again, babies babble next to me..yes, must stop and listen! Thanks! Leony, great post and reminder! I am guilty of that too, cooking the dinner, with the exhaust fan noise in the background, eldest boy telling me about his day in school, my 2nd one in the background winging out loud again, babies babble next to me..yes, must stop and listen! Thanks!

]]> By: Alli http://www.oureverydaythings.com/2009/12/parenting-really-there-with-our-kids-or-just-happen-to-be-there/#comment-2761 Alli Wed, 09 Dec 2009 03:52:56 +0000 http://www.oureverydaythings.com/?p=3867#comment-2761 Over at whyzz.com, we feel exactly like you do. While our purpose is to help explain the world's whys and hows in a kid-friendly language, we definitely stress getting off the computer and brainstorming the answers for yourself as well! Over at whyzz.com, we feel exactly like you do. While our purpose is to help explain the world’s whys and hows in a kid-friendly language, we definitely stress getting off the computer and brainstorming the answers for yourself as well!

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