Most of you know that I’m a working mother of two young girls. I also
have my personal blog and I like to attend events and workshops during weekend.
Hence, my lifestyle is always hectic and not enough time.
I’ve done a survey by Friso Gold recently. From the survey, I realized
that I have not spent enough time on my precious children. I am always caught
up in daily-to-dos, such as sending and picking up the kids before and after
work, household chores, running errands, attend events/workshops, manage my
blog, and feed my children. As a result, I am always out of time for my kids,
and I always feel guilty for not spending enough time with my girls.
I’ve been postponing plans with the girls during last school holiday
simply because I don’t have time. I planned their activities based on what I
need to do, for instance, I sent them to my mum because I have some launch
events, or I leave them to nanny for spa review. I felt really bad for being
such a lousy mum.
Friso
Gold ‘Our Today
Moments’ refers to the time we spend with our children, the time we set aside
our daily to-dos and focus on “today”. In another word, it’s about you
making the effort to make every moment count with your kids - we call this
quality time ‘Our Today Moments’.
From
the survey, it found that while
the Malaysian mum spends an average of 6 hours 45 minutes with her children in
a day; and considers 60% of her time spent with her children as ‘quality time’.
The working mum spends less time and considers a lower portion of her time
spent with her children as ‘quality time’. Overall, a working mum spends about
2.5 hours lesser than a non-working mum or housewife with her children, and she
considers only half her time with her children as ‘quality time’.
Just
like me, more than half of working mums surveyed also feel she doesn’t spend
enough time with their children, and we are feeling the tension to balance
between work and family. Sometimes, we might have even missed out our children’s
development.
