What's the best gift a parent can give to their child?

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Time. You can earn tons of money and be able to afford anything for your kid but what's the point? The child isn't going to be genuinely happy. I grew up in what some would say a broken family; my parents are divorced. My mum works all day all night to provide for us, and my dad was only allowed to visit us once a week. It's sad because thinking back right now, I really wish that I had them around me more often. My memory childhood is relatively happy - there's my cousins, school, friends, CCAs, my school achievements... but very rarely my parents. Now that I am a parent myself, I make sure no matter how tired I am after work, to be sure to at least sit down and catch up with my daughter about her school and life.

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