http://www.moneyandhappiness.com/blog/?p=32 Tue, 17 Aug 2010 20:25:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://www.moneyandhappiness.com/blog/?p=32&cpage=1#comment-495 jrosen3 Tue, 11 Sep 2007 02:24:06 +0000 http://www.moneyandhappiness.com/blog/?p=32#comment-495 we should take a lesson or two from our parents & grandparents generation. i turned 40 this year and am the single parent of a 5 & 7 year old. there's nothing like a good old fashion game of monopoly or go fish to connect with your kids and spend time just "being with them" without running here or there. the joneses don't know much about their kids, except for what their wearing or what activity their signed up for. my kids need to know that their mom likes spending time with them; whether it's reading a book, playing a game, or walking to the park on a beautiful sunny day. we need to bring back a little bit of the good ole days, remember little rascals or the sandlot? they didn't have all of the "stuff" like they do today and they got along just fine; if not better. we need to stop searching for better and better and realize that ok is just fine; otherwise our kids will never be satisfied. if the parents don't learn how to display contentment within themselves; how are the kids supposed to learn it? we should take a lesson or two from our parents & grandparents generation. i turned 40 this year and am the single parent of a 5 & 7 year old. there’s nothing like a good old fashion game of monopoly or go fish to connect with your kids and spend time just “being with them” without running here or there. the joneses don’t know much about their kids, except for what their wearing or what activity their signed up for. my kids need to know that their mom likes spending time with them; whether it’s reading a book, playing a game, or walking to the park on a beautiful sunny day. we need to bring back a little bit of the good ole days, remember little rascals or the sandlot? they didn’t have all of the “stuff” like they do today and they got along just fine; if not better. we need to stop searching for better and better and realize that ok is just fine; otherwise our kids will never be satisfied. if the parents don’t learn how to display contentment within themselves; how are the kids supposed to learn it?

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