Three kids - when do you spend one-on-one time with each one?

[Anonymous]

My three are 9, 7, and 5, and we do a combo of what others have suggested: making “one on one” time out of a trip to the grocery store (pre-pandemic), or walking the dog, or prepping for dinner, etc. During the pandemic, we started letting the older two stay up a little later one/week each, and we watch a special show together. We just added the youngest into the rotation, but still two nights/week total, so each kid gets ~3 times/month.

As the PP directly above me noted, though, there are SO many ways this just happens naturally as they get older. I’m lucky that my three happily pair off into their different pairings, and the odd one out doesn’t mind since they’re doing their own thing (with me/their dad, with a friend, etc.). Mine are G, B, B, and they have unique ways of relating to each other and activities they prefer with each other, so it works out.