Every moment counts with our children

Rhiannon Goulding encourages us to think about how we involve our children in the everyday tasks of life, sharing how drawing her own children in taught them vital life lessons and developed their characters 

I once read that by the time your child turns 18, you will have already had 92 per cent of the time they’ll ever spend living under your roof.

That statistic stunned me. It made me think less about the ‘big’ events – expensive trips, days out, staged photo opportunities – and more about the everyday. When they’re adults, my children may not remember all the farms and zoos we visited, but they will remember laughing round the tea table, singing and dancing in the kitchen, cosy bedtime stories, silly car conversations, and the secure sense of love that filled our home.