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Name: Yash K

Hi,

I' ve just signed up on this site and thought I' d seek input/help on some issues I' m struggling with.

Have 2 kids, the daughter is about 8 and the son is a little over 2 years old. It' s fair to state that both of them are more attached to their mom than me with her being the primary caregiver and being able to spend more time with the kids than I am able to.

I try to entertain the kids in different ways, both at home and take them out during weekends. My spouse is a professional and works part-time to balance out career and family while I have a full-time job and demands to go along with that in an executive position in the IT industry.

Somewhere over the years, I lost the plot and stepped back to let the spouse pretty much manage things w.r.to the kids and the house so much that my inputs don' t seem to count as much about issues w.r.to upbringing or what' s good for the kids.

My kids love me and find me a \" funny dad\" but then my daughter also know that I can sometimes be strict - she is less inclined to listen to me but is scared of her mom at times.

Can I hope for the kids to respect and love me some more? I am not trying to compete with the spouse to be a betetr parent - just want to do it for myself and the kids..

So much for now..

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