Of course it would be easier. But in the end, your kids will thank you.
My step-brother and his wife have always worked very hard. They get new cars constantly, have a home in America in a gated community. They take expensive vacations. They claim they both work hard so their kids can have the best.
Both kids have been in childcare since they were 4- and 6-weeks old. I cannot imagine having to part with my child that early.
Now their kids are over 16 and have actually been raised by strangers, with the other people's morals and values. The kids don't want to go on an expensive yearly cruise to Mexico, the Carribean or Alaska. They want to go camping or hang out with their friends at the beach or pool. My step-brother and his very nice wife don't understand it. They just shake their heads and call the kids ungrateful.
Both kids came to the ranch to stay with me one summer. They ran around like wild children with my daughter, rode horses, built dams in the river and cubbies out of left-over timber, had outdoor campfires and slept in a tent on the lawn next to the river half the nights. They got scratched and dirty but lived to tell the tale.
They loathe the cruises and having to dress for dinner. They have had no real childhood. They now seem so institutionalised.
Your kids will fare much better in life and you and your wife won't miss a thing. They won't remember what your furniture looked like but they will remember the fun they had with you both.
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Date: 2007-08-07 05:25 am (UTC)My step-brother and his wife have always worked very hard. They get new cars constantly, have a home in America in a gated community. They take expensive vacations. They claim they both work hard so their kids can have the best.
Both kids have been in childcare since they were 4- and 6-weeks old. I cannot imagine having to part with my child that early.
Now their kids are over 16 and have actually been raised by strangers, with the other people's morals and values. The kids don't want to go on an expensive yearly cruise to Mexico, the Carribean or Alaska. They want to go camping or hang out with their friends at the beach or pool. My step-brother and his very nice wife don't understand it. They just shake their heads and call the kids ungrateful.
Both kids came to the ranch to stay with me one summer. They ran around like wild children with my daughter, rode horses, built dams in the river and cubbies out of left-over timber, had outdoor campfires and slept in a tent on the lawn next to the river half the nights. They got scratched and dirty but lived to tell the tale.
They loathe the cruises and having to dress for dinner. They have had no real childhood. They now seem so institutionalised.
Your kids will fare much better in life and you and your wife won't miss a thing. They won't remember what your furniture looked like but they will remember the fun they had with you both.