RE: Pay them with attention.

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This remind me of the saying that it takes a village to raise a child. The job is really a tough yet very rewarding one. I've noticed that many parents more or less repeat the generational cycle of what they experience as a child into their children, albeit tailored into a modern context. For example, giving them screens to entertain their selves while you're doing some seemingly important is reminiscent of one's parents not always being around as a child. The only issue here is modern parents can be around yet not still be around because their attention is sucked away somewhere else in the attention black hole.

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Great comment, and absolutely true. Physical presence is not the only presence a child needs, there are many ways to be absent while the body is there. And screens are just that.

I do it, too, since though I don't have to be present at work, I need to be available. But Lily knows that, and I consciously take time for her, putting the phone aside and go to do whatever she needs in that moment.

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Right. Making the conscious act of putting everything away and being there for the child both physically and mentally/emotionally can go a long way towards building a good foundation for the child. At the end of the day, that tends to matter the most, more than any material objects that are given.

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