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I missed my son's sports day today because of a client meeting I couldn't move. He's 8. He came home and said "it's fine mummy" in a sad little voice and I feel like the worst parent alive.
Does the guilt ever go away? How do other working parents cope with this stuff?
You're not the worst parent alive. I promise. You'll make it to loads of other things and he'll remember those.
Ask him to tell you everything about it over dinner - every race, who won. Then he gets to be the expert telling you the story. My daughter loved doing that.
That's a lovely idea, I'll do that tonight.
From the kid's side - I remember my dad missing almost everything. What I remember more is him being grumpy when he was there. Being present when you're present matters more.
I put school dates in my work calendar as soon as they come out now, as busy. Doesn't catch everything but it's cut it way down.
the guilt is not a sign you're doing something wrong. it's a sign you care. but it doesn't have to be the boss of you
He talked for about 45 minutes about the egg and spoon race. I'm putting next year's date in my diary the second it's published.
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