Just to say I agree it is the time you spend with your children which is really important. I had lots of fun with my children cooking, planting and looking after vegetables, picnics in the park, visiting the library and choosing books together, having friends round to play, playing badminton in the garden together, hide and seek in the local woods, going fruit picking and making jam, sewing and knitting together, playing hopscotch. All these things don't cost much money, only time.
I was fortunate in that I had family nearby and we used to visit them as well. My children are both grownup now and when I ask them about their childhood they both say they felt really loved and it was a very happy time.
Believe in yourself, you sound a wonderful caring mum! Foxie x.
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Life loves to be taken by the lapel and told "I'm with you kid. Let's go." Maya Angelou
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