perfect mum

We want to have the display house and the perfectly clean children.  All noses wiped.

But are we a ear shot away from our children when they want to tell us a story or something important.  I know I still get in the rut.  Blinkers on " I must clean my house"  Meanwhile my son is saying mum mum look. 

I hear the only way we can stay close to our children is keeping the lines of commuication open.  My mum used ot hope on my bed at night before bed even as a teenager and talk about even nothing.  We used to having laughing fits.  I do remember though there was a lot of time that my mum was not around for a simple talk due to her comitments.

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I think most people would agree, but the voting so far doesn't reflect this. I think your article will do a lot better if you expand on it a little bit and maybe share your experience.