You’ll be surprised how long it lasts if they know those arms are offering unconditional love and support. Learning that was hard for me. My example for parenting wasn’t great. More of the cold 80’s and 90’s style of parenting with latchkey kids.
I never got the daycare hug with my daughter because my wife switched to opposite shifts after she was born. We’re both in healthcare and 13 hour days at daycare/school were so hard on our son we just couldn’t keep doing it. He’d drag him in at 530 and by the time we picked him up he’d be falling asleep in the two block drive home.
Not saying anything bad about parents who need to use daycare. In fact if I didn’t work 12 hour days we would have. I wouldn’t recommend what my wife and I did to anyone who wants to stay married. This has really been a challenge there.
But it was worth it. Got to make memories with my kids that many dads won’t. And my son is to the age now he seems to understand the implications of the sacrifices we made for them.
Keep doing what you’re doing. Kids learn from love more than school will ever teach them.
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u/Flylatino24 10d ago
I’m talking of more the line missing my daughter not staying at her age but everyone needs to get older and grow. She will always be my little girl