Tanabata will raise | parents and children can not wait

A few years ago, my brother and sister-in-law, who had just retired, came to Canada from Shanghai for a summer vacation and lived in my house for a month. One day my sister-in-law came back from playing in the park with her granddaughter and said, "I found a strange phenomenon: you have a lot of young fathers here with their children. "I usually pass by the small park in the community, and I don't pay special attention to it, but my sister-in-law said this, and it is true." The sister-in-law said that this is difficult to see in Shanghai, and it is often the elderly or nanny who lead the children to play at the door every day.

I can't help but think of a conversation I had with my colleague Brown not long ago. We were teaching at the same middle school, and that night we both happened to be teachers on duty at the student dance party, sitting together and chatting. Brown is thirty or forty years old and loves to run around the world. The school has a one-year leave without pay every five years, and he has taken two breaks. He told me that he would not be back next year and would take a third break. I asked, "Where are you going again?" He said, "Don't go anywhere." At home with kids. I was very surprised to see me, he said: "One two years old, one three and a half years old, this is when they need companionship the most." My wife goes to work, so I'll be busy. ”

Shanghai dads probably can't imagine taking two children at home and their wives going out to work. In Canada, parental leave after giving birth is shared by parents to encourage fathers to share parenting responsibilities. There are three young families in my office, two of whom have long vacations: the mother takes a break after giving birth, then comes back to work, and then the father takes care of the children at home. So, it's not surprising to see young dads out there with kids. Maria, who was sitting next to me, had three children, and her husband came to the office once during his parental leave to look for her, but he happened to miss her. I looked at her tall architect husband, holding one in his left hand, one in his right hand, and one on his back, and he left in a sad way, and he couldn't help but feel compassion...

Bring your own children, even Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau, who is no exception. During the new crown period, the wife unfortunately contracted an illness and quarantined at home, the prime minister and the other half of the three children's house, he dealt with national affairs while becoming the grandfather of three babies, was caught by the reporter to get the beard to get the three children's diet and living, so that the people of the country are distressed by the prime minister who is known for his young and beautiful men. He gave himself three titles on Twitter, the first being father, the second being husband, and finally prime minister.

As the saying goes, filial piety cannot wait. In fact, parents and children cannot wait. Each child can only grow up once, and what they need is companionship and doesn't care about your legacy years later. By the time you are financially wealthy and have plenty of time, your child will grow up. And missing the child's growth process, is it not a regret that life cannot make up? Each country's national circumstances are different, but the children are their own children. Now that the government has liberated their children from the pressure of make-up classes, why don't dads take this opportunity to do more parent-child activities? (Li Jingming)