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Originally Posted by Sundae
Colleagues of mine have seen a little girl I work with out at 21.00 on a school night, dozing in the corner as her family eat and talk in a restaurant. Her half-brother is in his late teens and puts her down constantly and her half-sister in her twenties has a new baby. She is dropped off by a childminder, picked up by a childminder and stays with her sister while her parents have weekends away.
I know parents have to work, but this child finds it hard to deal with. No details but her behaviour and attitude show this quite clearly.
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I can understand working long hours. And I can understand having an active social life, going away for weekends sans kiddies, and eating at restaurants late in the evening. What I can't understand is doing both.
If you work long hours and six day weeks, rely on childminders or nannies for breakfasts and school run etc...then the things that need to give are the weekends away and the restaurant meals.
I've known people like that and I never could get my head around it. Wtf have children if you aren't going to spend any time enjoying their company? If you can't give up work (either for finances or because that's what makes you feel complete as a person)then give up the social side. If you only get a few hours a week not spent working or travelling, why not throw that at being a parent?