Home

I sit at home as I write this. What is home? Your nest, the place you come back to every night, the place you refresh and start your day from every morning... Isn't it always nice when you come home to a welcome? To warm hearts waiting for you? Of course!

That brings us to the whole topic of latchkey kids. Would it be better for a child to come home to the warm embrace of a loving parent or to take out a key from the pocket, open a cold house, switch on the lights, throw the bags down, pick a snack from the fridge, flick on the telly, flop down the sofa and ...

Most families are forced to have both parents working, so what do we do? Maybe one takes it easy till the li'l birdies fly away... Or switch off those cell phones and set apart some hours in the evenings and weekends just for the kids ... Perhaps a grandparent staying with the family might fill the gap. Different families come up with different solutions. Yet we cannot escape the reality that children need stability, identity, a feeling of being wanted, a feeling of not only being loved but cherished... these help build a strong, secure person with sincerity and integrity... What is the point in spending your whole life earning for your child and finally realizing when he or she is twenty the sweet child you once knew is now a slave to a bottle, a syringe or someone totally askew... Would you rather have not earned little less and see your child be stable and blessed?

Time once spent cannot be earned back. So plan your family time just as you plan your family money, spend it well and wisely and you will reap your dividends richly!