I’ve seen so many posts from married people with kids talking about the necessity of prioritizing their marriage first and their kids second. As a married person without kids, I feel incredibly qualified to judge them and say that they don’t have their priorities straight. In my mind, I feel like your kids and your husband/wife should be on equal levels of importance. Obviously, the needs of the children are greater than the needs of the grown adults, but prioritizing a strong marriage is of the utmost importance. I don’t know, I’m sure I will have different opinions on this as soon as I create life and commit to the holy vows of matrimony, but today is not that day. 

It’s important to understand the difference between a kid’s wants and needs. A kid might want expensive and extravagant things, but just because they ask doesn’t mean you, as the parent, should give in to them