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this is the biggest problem working parents r suffering nowadays. they want their kids to raise up well and for that they need too much of money. to earn all that money they have their kids suffering on the other hand and finally who end up blaming in the later stages that wat is it that u have done for us until they end up being parents.lol and this is then they understand the values of their parents and try to b an example for them too.
so both parents and kids r rt on their ends v have to do it this way only coz v have to bring makeour children the best.

2007-02-26 22:38:54 · answer #1 · answered by nice_lady559 2 · 0 1

If the cost of living was where one parent could work and support a household, then 2 working parents wouldn't be necessary. I'm due for my 2nd in October. I work full time now. When I go on maternity, I don't plan on going back to work right away but I am going to have to find some way of earning money at home because there is no way my husband can support the household. He makes very good money and we rent from a friend so that is much less then it would be, but it's still not enough.

2007-02-26 22:43:27 · answer #2 · answered by FaerieWhings 7 · 0 0

I feel that money is the biggest issue fighting against time with kids. Many or should I say MOST families need two incomes to just get by....forget "extras". While the cost of living continues to rise, wages do not. While the members of Congress sit on their collective behinds in Washington spending money they don't have and finding more ways to spend our money before we even make it, our children pay the price.

Many criticize women for working when their children are little. Then they criticize them when they work when their kids are teens and their "home alone" teens get pregnant or in trouble with the law. You are criticized for disciplining your child....yet no one wants to hear or see a "bad" child in a store or restaurant.
We give too much, feed too much, aren't home enough, or too over protective...

Parenting has no manual or class or license. Your damned if you do and your damned if you don't. Everyone has an opinion, but no one really knows HOW to do it right all the time with every child. The majority of employers tell you that family comes first...(HAHAHAHAHA) but in reality they don't care....and we all know that. Common sense is your best defence and yet we always second guess ourselves. YOU CAN'T WIN!! All you can do is hope and pray and do your best to do the right things for your family...

2007-02-27 01:41:09 · answer #3 · answered by Barbiq 6 · 1 0

I am 37 years old and my husband died in July of last year. I have 3 kids, ages 16, 11, and 1. I have to support my family somehow. I hate it when people say that parents don't spend enough time with their children because they work too much for things they don't need. (Bigger house, nicer car.) I have read so many posts on here telling single moms to grow up and get a job and support their kids, then bash them for not spending enough time with the kids. What do you say to that? How do I, as a widow with 3 kids, do the right thing? Yes, my baby will be in day care, and yes my 2 older kids will come home after school and I won't be here. But I really don't want to live in poverty either. People who write that parents don't spend enough time with their kids usually have the option of spending as much time as they want with their kids. Some of us don't have that option if we want to pay the bills. Then if you go on welfare so you don't have to work, you are a lazy bum who needs a job. Where is the support for people are doing the best they can with the situation they have?

2007-02-27 03:54:52 · answer #4 · answered by Deborah B 2 · 1 0

You are so right, it seems family values dont mean as much anymore. Part of the problem is it takes both parents working to make ends meet. People are more busy and caught up in the rush of life. To me in part, that is what is wrong with society today. If you notice on tv there are not alot of good family shows on anymore. If they are considered a family show if you notice alot of the kids on them talk back to there parents. Family is so important, sitting down to dinner and talking with the family each night is a start. Also some parents dont put their kids first. Look at the drug problem also. It is a shame but I do agree people dont spend enough time with their kids and teach them the value of family.

2007-02-26 22:38:05 · answer #5 · answered by helen 2 · 1 0

I would agree with that but you have to realise that this is mainly in part due to contributing factors in society, i.e financial burden. The cost of every day living has gone up (housing payments, school fees, sporting costs for kids, petrol) and unfortunately, this means having to work more to earn the money to meet these costs so that you are not struggling every pay day, which then means you have limited hours at home.

Its a struggle which is hard to avoid now, unless you're financially set before you have children, its difficult to manage time and still meet financial committments :o/

2007-02-26 22:11:20 · answer #6 · answered by OziGirl_222 4 · 1 0

As far as the "paper" is concerned, you're right. You are in a committed relationship, and that's great for the kids (they are NOT illegitimate, and neither are you, IMHO). But marriage is also the commitment that the couple makes to their family, community, and world. It's a commitment a couple makes together, to the future - over the generations to come - as well as the present. Nothing is so universally recognized as a married couple. And though we all recognize that many many marriages are unhappy, or end in divorce, there's a hint of selfishness or of doing thing by half-measures when an couple lives as if they are married, but haven't actually proved themselves to committing to the rest of us.

2016-03-16 01:35:52 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

Parents need to work , yes. However, they could work different shifts so one is always home with the kids. I spend alot of time with my boys. I work first shift and am home every evening with my kids. I go to football games, wrestling matches, baseball games. I dont miss anything my kids do. And for that they are grateful. I have spent many hours on bleachers and i dont regret that. It is not important what you do just that you are their. Parents need to figure out how to do that.

2007-02-26 22:51:23 · answer #8 · answered by hascht2 3 · 0 0

yes. now both the parents are working and surely do not have time 2 spend with their children.

2007-02-26 22:05:10 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

my opinion-you're very right. my experience-you're very right.
i should spend more time with my son. it's not that i'm not around (i'm a stay at home mom and i work at the school) it's the time we do spend together. i need to be there more "in mind". there are so many things to think about, to do in daily life that i think many of us, from time to time, tend to retreat into our own little world of bills, laundry and daily stress that we forget the most important things. thanks for making me think.

2007-02-27 03:06:02 · answer #10 · answered by racer 51 7 · 0 0

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