How many times have you picked your child up from school earlier than usual, or spent two whole weekends with your child, just to have a little more time with your little one? Work is busy and energy is almost drained after a stressful day at work. That seems really difficult, right?
The article borrows my voice to confide in my parents, PAH collect Okay. We invite you to take a look.
Parents
There are 24 hours in a day and children spend 10 hours a day in daycare.
Then I have 14 hours left to spend with Mom and Dad.
Oh no! I forgot, every night I need about 10 hours to sleep and regain my strength!
So I only have 4 hours left...
But during these 4 hours (2 hours in the morning, 2 hours in the evening), we are always pushed to not be late, so children can only be with their parents for 4 hours in a hurry.
But, if we consider it more meticulous, when the child is busy eating breakfast, changing clothes, sitting in the car, going from home to kindergarten, eating dinner, doing his homework, waiting for his parents to finish his work (sometimes playing sports, sometimes doing housework) then I have to take a bath and finally go to bed and everything starts the same again the next day...
Dad, Mom? How many hours do we actually spend together in a week?
I like it like this today, Mom and Dad came earlier and looked for me in the school yard.
Tomorrow, Mom and Dad will arrange work to spend a special day for you. When I go to bed, Mom and Dad tell me a story and we spend the whole weekend together!
Because, you know, Mom and Dad, even though I really like my teacher, I see her very often, more than I see Mom and Dad...
There are times when I cry at kindergarten because I feel lost in my heart... I miss my parents!
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Mom and Dad's child
The children in the article are preschool children, but PAH thinks that older children also harbor these feelings in their hearts. During an English speaking test at VUS, the test had a question: "What do you dream about?" The 16-17 year old boy at that time replied, "I wish to have a meal with Mom and Dad, to talk to them, and for them to listen to me." Indeed, at that moment my heart sank, I had to try very hard to hold back my tears. That boyfriend lived alone in the apartment his parents bought for him. On the day of the exam, he had a fever but still tried to wrap himself in a cold shirt and go to class to take the final exam. This is a quite special case, but I think it is not unique, because there are people who live with their parents under the same roof, but the time they actually spend with them is as little and lacking as you. That's the guy mentioned above.
Mom and Dad, no matter my age, I still need you very much.
Translated by: Hong Lien (Team PlayatHome)
