So, i came across this old saying which imprint so much and i do realize immediately as my children are growing up now.
it says
Parents get a lifetime worth of love from their kid as a toddlers
so I checked on ChatGPT about it. this is what it says
“아이 키우는 건 그 짧은 시간 동안 평생 사랑을 받는 거야.”
(“Raising a child is receiving a lifetime’s worth of love in that short time.”)
Or sometimes more casually:
“어릴 때 아이가 주는 사랑이 부모가 평생 받을 사랑이다.”
(“The love a child gives when they’re little is the love parents get for a lifetime.”)
It’s bittersweet — it captures how deeply toddlers love their parents: with pure, clingy, unconditional affection. As children grow older, they naturally become more independent, and that raw, expressive love becomes less outward. So, parents often look back at those toddler years as the most emotionally rich phase.
I could not agree more about this. I am glad spending my time with them when they are still growing up now. I am forever grateful with my work which bring flexibility to work from home.
I see them grow, I see them quarrel, crying, messing the house and other things that sometime or often make you boiling. I thought I am a patient person who can hold it for very long time?!, but its different when you are dealing with little monsters of yours because there is care, love and sincerity to deeply protect them. — other people, you can just forget and ignore about it.
Chimi Kyo 