I heard today, on Oprah, that millions of kids have parents that spend only about 12 minutes face-time with them.
It sounds shockingly low, especially since I am a work-from-home mom and I treasure 12 minutes away from kids in my face (I’m exaggerating, my children are wonderful people and I choose this life). But, if you’re a single-parent with a full-time job and the kids go to bed by 7:30 p.m. it’s not hard to imagine that kids might only score 12 minutes of face-to-face talking a day.
One of my pet-peeves is complaining with no action. Not that I never do …read more