I’ve been enjooying reading your summary on this book, and you’ve saved me a few bucks and mnay hours as I don’t think I need to read it now!!!

I’m a dad of 2 boys and I’ve been nodding my head at all the stuff you’ve been writing. As a father, I know that most of the time when my kids are playing up, all they really need is for me to spend some quantity time with them. My oldest is 3, and I can turn hm from grumpy to laughting in 5 minutes is I take him away from where he’s been a grump and do stupid things with him. Also, my wife can have a nasty day with them and frustratingly for her, things improve greatly when I get home.

When I was growing up, quality time was all the rage, but for me I thik that’s a cop out for people who are trying to squeeze too much into their day. Kids don’t care what you do with them as they’re just as happy licking their nose on the front porch as they doing any thing else, but they need their dad’s sole attention every now and again.

The best thing we can give our kids is our time, and you’re not going to earn enough money at work to buy that, so if you can, scale back, be home at dinner time and be there for your kids. No doubt in the long term you’ll be glad you made the choice.