As my kids get older, we spend less time together. I'm learning to make the time we have count.

• 03/30/2026, 7:48 AM
• businessinsider.com

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When our two kids were little, my wife and I were needed for everything. Every snack, every bedtime routine, every scraped knee, every middle-of-the-night wake-up. Our days revolved around the rhythm of theirs.