If you're ever trying to balance being productive with hanging out with your kids, it's time to reevaluate how you've framed 'productivity'. Being a good parent is one of the most meaningfully productive things you can do. Now, it's a different thing entirely to feel some tension because you have to choose between two different important activities, i.e. doing the things that put food on the table and hanging out with your kids. The distinction here is important because it's not forking "being productive" from "being a good parent"; it's just reflecting the reality that being a good parent entails providing for your children
Being A Good Parent *Is* Being Productive
Being A Good Parent *Is* Being Productive
Being A Good Parent *Is* Being Productive
If you're ever trying to balance being productive with hanging out with your kids, it's time to reevaluate how you've framed 'productivity'. Being a good parent is one of the most meaningfully productive things you can do. Now, it's a different thing entirely to feel some tension because you have to choose between two different important activities, i.e. doing the things that put food on the table and hanging out with your kids. The distinction here is important because it's not forking "being productive" from "being a good parent"; it's just reflecting the reality that being a good parent entails providing for your children