Abigail Van Buren on Doubling Your Time
on Monday, August 26, 2013Abigail Van Buren Money Quotation saying we tend toward substituting money for time when we are hurried and thus short our kids on the value of our time. Abigail Van Buren said:
“If you want your children to turn out well, spend twice as much time with them, and half as much money” — Abigail Van Buren
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This quote from Abigail Van Buren emphasizes the importance of spending quality time with children over material goods. She suggests that children will turn out better if parents spend twice as much time interacting with, teaching, and engaging their children than the amount of time they typically do. At the same time, parents should spend half as much money on their children as they normally would.
The quote recommends that strong parental bonding through meaningful communication and shared experiences is much more valuable for children’s development than lavishing them with expensive possessions and luxuries. Quality time with children can help shape them into well-adjusted individuals.
Dear Abby is an American advice column founded in 1956 (Birthday) by Pauline Phillips under the pen name “Abigail Van Buren” and carried on today by her daughter, Jeanne Phillips, who now owns the legal rights to the pen name.