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The thread on the McCann’s got me thinking….
I wonder if people who have very highly paid careers treat their children any differently than those who struggle on lower paid jobs?
Are they born and then cared for by others the minute the parent can go back to their careers? If that is the case, are they a commodity rather than a member of a loving family?
I look forward to a week away each year with my family, and this is the first year we have not had one. Its fun for all the family, not just a break for the adults.
Do professionals see it as just a break for themselves?
I dont know the answers to these questions, I just thought I would see what you all thought.
I didnt want to put them on the McCann thread, as it is really a separate issue spawned by that thread, I was thinking what is the general consensus on professionals and their relationships with their children.
There is a lot of emphasis on careers these days and many people opting not to have children because they are enjoying their own lives too much to share it with children. Separate issue, but life is sure changing dont you think?
17 views and not one post……. hmmmmmmmmmmmmm :shock:
Difficult one sharon thats probably why no posts, i wouldnt like to say that a professional parent thinks any differently about their kids than any other, but as someone who used to have a career that took me away from home far more than i was there and now i only work part time away from home and the rest is at home, i can categorically say i do understand my child, and he me far more than before, i used to think before that the time i did spend with him was quality time when i was working and i was pleased to see him more becuase i had been away from him, but now realise that isnt the case i am far closer to him now, that said theres is nothing wrong with people having a career but i think it is a “different” relationship u then have with your kids, where as lower paid jobs tend to be do ur hours go home and thats it your home time isnt eaten into so much as it can be with a professional career.
I woould question whether being a proffessional AND a parent is possible
The more time given to a career the less time is available for a child WHEN needed so not being brain washed by post modern feminist nonsense I really dont think someone, anyone can do both
EITHER youre a good parent or you build a career, otherwise you do niether as well as you could have done without the other
It would obviously involve a lot of paid child care, possibly boarding schools.
But how do we judge who has the right to have children?
Surely these children will grow up as intelligent adults and have good careers themselves…. will they go on to have kids?
Ive been lucky to have a local job with flexi time and I now work term time which is great. Less money but more family time. I wouldnt have it any other way.
I have a lot of admiration for go getters, but dont envy them only seeing their kids for a goodnight kiss of a night. How do they set standards for their kids if they are never there?
Its a hard one………. :?
Not being there for your children sets far more “standards” than people realise, for one it sets the standard they will most of the time achieve when they themselves are the parent
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