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Re:75% of the time we spend with our kids in our lifetime wi... by bcrosby95 on Tuesday October 18, 2022 @07:28PM (#33255483)
As they get older you can increasingly share your hobbies with them rather than be a pure source of child-like entertainment.

I have a 7 year old and two 4 year olds, and we: play video games, watch movies, go for hikes, climb trees, go swimming, play various sports, play dnd, play board games, and paint warhammer miniatures together.

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Re:75% of the time we spend with our kids in our lifetime wi... by peter422 on Tuesday October 18, 2022 @08:04PM (#33255756)
Yes I do anticipate that happening, but it's no guarantee.

And even still doing 3-5 years of very hard parenting work to get to that is a lot... And I didn't even carry the children which is another year of very hard work!

I'm not saying that I'm not happy with my decision to have children, but if I didn't really want to have them this would be rough.

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