If this is true, good for Kate!! I am a firm believer in Attachment Parenting. I don’t use sitters or Day Care when my children are young. I didn’t leave mine until they were 6 and started to school, and they didn’t have any problems leaving me when the time came either… they were very confident and not clingy or whiney when I left them. My relationship with their father did not suffer either. I am currently pregnant now and again, will not leave her, They are only small for a short while and they first 6 years of life are they most important for molding and building their character and also the important bonding time. Every thing is a learning and growing period for them, and they are constantly changing. Each new experience is something magical and exciting through their eyes, I never wanted to miss a single second of anything.

If this is true, good for Kate!! I am a firm believer in Attachment Parenting. I don’t use sitters or Day Care when my children are young. I didn’t leave mine until they were 6 and started to school, and they didn’t have any problems leaving me when the time came either… they were very confident and not clingy or whiney when I left them. My relationship with their father did not suffer either. I am currently pregnant now and again, will not leave her, They are only small for a short while and they first 6 years of life are they most important for molding and building their character and also the important bonding time. Every thing is a learning and growing period for them, and they are constantly changing. Each new experience is something magical and exciting through their eyes, I never wanted to miss a single second of anything.

If this is true, good for Kate!! I am a firm believer in Attachment Parenting. I don’t use sitters or Day Care when my children are young. I didn’t leave mine until they were 6 and started to school, and they didn’t have any problems leaving me when the time came either… they were very confident and not clingy or whiney when I left them. My relationship with their father did not suffer either. I am currently pregnant now and again, will not leave her, They are only small for a short while and they first 6 years of life are they most important for molding and building their character and also the important bonding time. Every thing is a learning and growing period for them, and they are constantly changing. Each new experience is something magical and exciting through their eyes, I never wanted to miss a single second of anything.

If this is true, good for Kate!! I am a firm believer in Attachment Parenting. I don’t use sitters or Day Care when my children are young. I didn’t leave mine until they were 6 and started to school, and they didn’t have any problems leaving me when the time came either… they were very confident and not clingy or whiney when I left them. My relationship with their father did not suffer either. I am currently pregnant now and again, will not leave her, They are only small for a short while and they first 6 years of life are they most important for molding and building their character and also the important bonding time. Every thing is a learning and growing period for them, and they are constantly changing. Each new experience is something magical and exciting through their eyes, I never wanted to miss a single second of anything.

Big up’s to Kate, always put your child first, and your man should be ashamed of his self for acting like a spoiled baby WANTING all your time to him self, to except you is to except your CHILD.

There has to be a healthy balance in any family.

My spouse of 12 years is going to be with me forever (or so I hope!). The kids are the center of our lives, but we need time alone as a couple, too.

Carol.

If you choose to be a parent, your child should be priority in your life. Men can come and go but your children are with you forever, or they should be.

My mother left both myself and my brother to move to a different state with a man that she had know for 5 months. I was 12 and my brother was 13 and we needed her then, but she wasnt around.

I have no contact with her anymore and havent for over 10 years.

When I had my children, the love I felt for them is so strong and I could not understand how she could leave us.

Children are not asked to be brought into this world. But they need their parents.

Her son is 3 years old and his parents have split and she is now dating a new partner. It was a lot for me as a teenager to taken on board, never mind a 3 year old child.

I think she should be applauded for putting her son first.

While I think it’s good for a couple to spend some alone time together, I think I’d want to spend my birthday with my child. I don’t blame her for getting angry for him not understanding that Ryder comes first.

I’d like to add one more point — as Calvin Trillin wrote, either your kids are the center of your life or they aren’t. Seems apparently Ryder is the center of Kate’s, and Owen needs to decide how he feels about that.