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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have 3 and love them all to death.  But I lament that I spend more time doing things FOR my children than WITH my children.  My first was an only for 5 years and I know the difference.  I don't really spend much time doing things with my children anymore, but spend TONS of time cooking, cleaning up, driving, watching plays, watching sports, watching recitals, going to dr, dentist appts, buying, washing, sorting and purging outgrown clothes, managing toys, planning and executing birthday parties, hosting play dates, volunteering for school/activity events, etc.  This is what fills my time.  The amount of time spent curled up on the sofa watching a movie or reading a book or playing a game or making a craft?  Very, very minimal compared to the time spent doing the other stuff.  And even when I manage to start to do somthing like this, it is too often interrupted by needing to go/do something FOR another child or they start arguing or whatever...  I do feel that having one allows you to really enjoy being WITH your child, which is really why all of us became parents, right?[/quote]

YES!  Thank you for being able to say it better than I could (as the parent of one)!  [/quote]

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