Now is the time to keep our kiddos safe and close, but all we do is so that someday, we can launch our children into the big, wide world.

That's the role we, as parents, are trying our hardest to have be the end result! It's not easy or always glamorous but the best things in life aren't. It's amazing watching them grow and develop their skills, personality and ideas.

Really good entry here, I like how you and your wife are doing things. I feel like we are similar in a lot of ways so that's always nice! I've seen people in our friends circles that can't be bothered with their kids when they are out and look for excuses to get rid of them. I think that's a disservice to them in the long run, from an education as well as an emotional standpoint. Kids develop with what they are exposed to so we find it important to be as supportive and loving as possible (even as challenging as that may be sometimes lol).

The life skills you are teaching your kids are great. There is FAR more to an education than we realize or may have been taught growing up. Incorporating important things like how to cook, do the dishes, clean, laundry and fixing small things are huge to build confidence in the little ones! We try to take each of those moments as learning opportunities. That and it helps to have a little helper!