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[quote=Anonymous]I could've written this post. My daughter talks nonstop for hours about any and everything. She shows me every drawing, every funny line in a book, and brings me every video to replay a scene. I'm a teacher, so we went through this everyday over spring break last week. I wanted to scream. And I tell myself that exact quote you did about the years being short.

What gets me through is the memory of my childhood. I was a teen pregnancy. It was rare for my mother to be home before 10pm. I wore a key on a shoestring around my neck and would come home in elementary, make Spaghettios for dinner, and watch TV until I fell asleep. The next morning, my mother would call from work to wake me up to tell me to leave for school. I used to cry out of fear and loneliness all the time. I've been to therapy, so I'm good now, but whenever my daughter wants to tell me something for the umpteenth time, I remember being home alone all those years. I know it doesn't make sense. I know she can survive without me. I worry I may do more harm by being so available.

In the past year I've been open with her about my frustration. She's eight now. On the drive home from school, I'll tell her highlights of my day and how certain things frustrated me but I couldn't show it at work, so I need a little "alone time" at home to calm down and reset. I'll also tell her sometimes that I love her and find her stories very interesting, but I have something important for work that I need to do on the computer, so I need 30 minutes to focus and then she'll have my undivided attention.

It helps a  little. [/quote]

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