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Finding Time For My kid

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I find it a bit upsetting that I don't get to spend enough time with my child, other than the weekends. My wife and I both work full-time jobs, (I work for an internet marketing company, and she works in the food industry) so by time we get home from work, pick up our little girl from school and get home, its time for her to eat, bathe and go to bed.

Often I feel guilty for not spending time with her, and teaching her new things. I know I'm not the first person to go through this, but sometimes I wonder if it will get better.

Of course, the time I do get to spend with her is great, and when we do spend time, it is spent with her and not on our phones. I just wish there were more hours in the day.

I'm just wondering if it ever gets easier, I feel like I'm missing out on her life at times. I mean it feels just like it was yesterday that we brought her home from the hospital and now she doesn't even want to be held like a baby at 10 months old (well, unless she is really tired).

So my question is, how do you deal with the separation as a parent?

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