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[quote=Anonymous]I was born in the 80s and both my immigrant parents worked a lot, so I was with one set of grandparents and with babysitters a LOT. I don’t actually remember my parents ever actually playing with me, but I know they read to me and bought me books and I remember going out for pizza and snacks with my mom. The big  treat was going grocery shopping because we were always allowed one small treat. I remember playing with other kids and running around outside with just kids and no adults for hours. On weekends we visited close uncles and aunts and cousins.

I sometimes cringe and have to catch myself from spoiling my 3 year old only child. I SAH and we make 200k so not scraping by but not very very well off. I try to limit trips to Target and Dollar Store and I make a point of saying no when we could financially afford to say yes. I try not to be that mom who makes A Starbucks trip every day. We have zero family in the area and go to a large church and we aren’t very close to any other families/friends so I often worry my child is missing out on the “village” aspect of childhood I had. [/quote]

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