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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Honestly, I think they hire help and don't really even see their kids that much, so they don't think about it being a big deal...[/quote]

That’s not at all what I see. We have three as do lots of our friends. One of ours has special needs. We had daycare and sometimes we had a cleaner, but not usually. Most of the people we know had a similar level of help. We spend lots of time with our kids and we had them because we love kids. I never thought it was that hard. [/quote]

What do you consider lots of time?  How much 1-1 time does each child get a day, week with each parent?[/quote]

Does only 1-1 time with a parent count?

If I am looking at a microscope with my 11 year old, and he tells to his older brother to show him what we saw, are we no longer spending time together?  Do family dinners, board games, and trips not count?

I probably spend about 20 minutes of dedicated 1-1 time with each child (excluding time helping them with homework, forcing them to practice music, or getting them ready to go somewhere).  But I spend a lot of time with them as a group, and they spend a lot of time playing and working together as well.

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20 minutes is not enough time but keep telling yourself being a group and not 1-1 is the priority.[/quote]

Enough time for what?  How much time do you spend every day 1-1 with each of your kids with no one else in the room?  
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