Quality vs. Quantity
Sunday, August 26, 2012 at 8:12PM
It is no surprise that we have less time for our children these days but consider this fact I came across in my parenting book club:
"According to Harvard economics professor Juliet Schor, the typical American family now works one thousand more hours each year than it did twenty-five years ago... Between 1960 and 1986, the time parents had available to spend with their children fell by more than ten hours a week." - John Gottman, Raising An Emotionally Intelligent Child
This quantification shocked me! Does it shock you?
Of course I don't want this to be the case in my family so research like this furthers my resolve to give my children as much time as I can. A friend of my husband's put it this way: With children, it is quantity that matters far more than quality.
Do you agree?
Reader Comments (2)
Agree
The fond memories I have of my early childhood are random events ranging from boring breakfasts to fun vacations.
And I believe kids can only grasp so much of the quality that's around, so I think its quantity because touching moments can happen at anytime.
I certainly hope not! Being a divorced father of 2 boys, I see them every Wednesday for 2 hours and every other weekend for visitation. My goal has always been that the precious time I do have with them means more then the quantity that is allowed.
I believe it is what you do with the time you are given that counts. For everything we do in life.