75% of the time we spend with our kids in our lifetime will be spent by age 12

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Post by gmays » Tue, Oct 18, 2022, 9:58 PM UTC

75% of the time we spend with our kids in our lifetime will be spent by age 12
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Post by JoeAltmaier » Tue, Oct 18, 2022, 10:03 PM UTC

Can confirm.

If you put a penny in a jar every time you spend time with your kids until they get to school, then take a penny out every time after that, you will never empty that jar.

Re: 75% of the time we spend with our kids in our lifetime will be spent by age 12

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Post by nathanaldensr » Tue, Oct 18, 2022, 10:04 PM UTC

I wish the author had provided a source for their claim.

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Post by EGreg » Tue, Oct 18, 2022, 10:12 PM UTC

nathanaldensr wrote: post #3

I wish the author had provided a source for their claim.

I don’t.

Re: 75% of the time we spend with our kids in our lifetime will be spent by age 12

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Post by davidw » Tue, Oct 18, 2022, 10:16 PM UTC

Well that's a downer.

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Post by daveslash » Tue, Oct 18, 2022, 10:19 PM UTC

As a stepfather who came into my stepdaughter's life when she had just turned 10, I'm not sure how this makes me feel.....

Re: 75% of the time we spend with our kids in our lifetime will be spent by age 12

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Post by [deleted] » Tue, Oct 18, 2022, 10:22 PM UTC

davidw wrote: post #5

Well that's a downer.

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Post by keithnz » Tue, Oct 18, 2022, 10:22 PM UTC

on the flip side, a lot of kids experiences before 12 will be forgotten, some will be super memorable for their entire lives, but a lot of their memories of you as a "parent" and who you are as a person will be after the age of 12.

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Post by Teknoman117 » Tue, Oct 18, 2022, 10:23 PM UTC

Feels odd writing this, but for me, being able to defy this was a positive consequence of the pandemic.

I lived alone after I finished college and started working. 3.5 years later this whole pandemic things starts. I ended up moving back home for 2 years because my job went full remote. My siblings and brother-in-law (sister's husband) joined as well.

It was surreal living together again as adults.

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Post by jameshart » Tue, Oct 18, 2022, 10:23 PM UTC

daveslash wrote: post #6

As a stepfather who came into my stepdaughter's life when she had just turned 10, I'm not sure how this makes me feel.....

For you the stats will be different. And that’s fine.

It’s not like it’s the best 75%.