Thanks for you sharing, I know the above must from the bottom of your heart. I understand your feeling because I have two, one is 15 and the other is 10. Let us learn how to appreciate our children.
Your children's range is much bigger than mine.
How's their relationship?!
Are they sisters or brothers?!
Luckily, my elder child is a girl.
She just treats her little brother as her doll, which can smile, cry, talk and play with her, much funny than a doll, haha......
They love each others.
But, as a baby comes to our home,
the elder child should grow up to pick up their own stuffs. (That's what parents do expect!!)
Then, conflict started!!
To be parents, we always expect that she has grown up, but what's the exact condition is, she still needs our great care, but honestly, we really omit this!!
Hope that we can have more time & love to share them to the children. It's not easy to be parents!!