re: What are the biggest sacrifices you have had to make as a parent?

Yeah sleep is def rough for the first 6 months

Financing abortions

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Kids are the greatest gift one could have. It takes a short-sighted, narrow mind to complain that one's golf time is not as much as before because you have to take care of the kids. Good grief.

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how old are your kids?


based on my experience, new parents or parents of young children spew this rubbish. Once the kids are teenagers and older, the parent's attitude changes and the perspective becomes more negative.

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I'm a single Dad with no time to do the things and that doesn't bother me one bit

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fair enough. Perhaps you are the type who lives for and through your children. Not everyone feels the same.

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Kids are the greatest gift one could have.

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would you say this about Adam Lanza or Dylan Klebold?

Your entire life before you had kids. No more traveling whenever you want, no more sleeping like before you had kids (EVER), house is a constant mess that has to be cleaned, furniture is drawn on, things get hidden, quietness (doesn't exist with kids), watching what you want on TV when they are in the room, etc. But I wouldn't change it for the world.

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So let me get this straight - this is a thread complaining about losing the things you used to do because of children? Really? Kids are the greatest gift one could have. It takes a short-sighted, narrow mind to complain that one's golf time is not as much as before because you have to take care of the kids. Good grief. I'm a single Dad with no time to do the things and that doesn't bother me one bit. I prefer it this way. Some people

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Relax, Francis......

I've welcomed the loss of certain liberties due in large part to becoming a parent of 3 wonderful boys. I honestly don't have a sliver of regret, rather thanks galore. BUT, I one day I will have that GT350R.....one day....

I wouldn't call anything I give up a sacrifice but as the parent of 4 with one being special needs, I have zero personal time. I think it's pretty normal for parents to give up anything that isn't central to the family while kids are in their formative years... at least that's what you should do if you want them to be wall adjusted adults.

At the time I said it was a sacrific but changing careers from something I wanted to be doing to a career that is better financially and time. So, I thought it wasn’t fair to me but in the end it’s been a great choice.

Everything else was expected.

I lived a very selfish lifestyle for 10 years, the least I can do now is sacrific some things.

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-a clean house -a clean vehicle

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These are not sacrifices-these are laziness.

I sold my camp on the coast and the boat when mine were young because it was hard to get them all wanting to go and out in a boat all day since my wife fishes as well. Not really a sacrifice as I had it for years and it was time to move on anyway and I still fish when I want.

Money but that is just part of it too so I really can't say anything is an actual sacrifice-just change of habits as most of us do as we get older anyway. I gave up golf not for kids but because it was taking 5 hours to get a round in and I never have that kind of time.

none. Anything I gave up by choosing to have children was replaced by something even better. I feel sorry for all the childless men out there who think their life is fulfilled when they have never heard "I love you daddy" aimed at them.