" I wish my mom/dad didn't have so many boy/girlfriends"

If you are dating and have always wondered what your kids think about you bringing dates, lovers and multiple boy/girlfriends home,that may be what they are thinking. Many times children have expressed to me that they wish their parents would date less. Now, this does not mean that the children control or should control their parents. I will say though that they do not need to know what their parents' sex, dating or "whatever" life is. What happens is that children become attached to the new "friend" brought in to their lives and then one day they are gone forever. This is another loss. I recommend that parents live their life, while of course being responsible in their parenting, and once they have met the person they feel "is it" and is going to be a constant figure, then, and only then, do they introduce them to the children. As we all know, even then, there are no guarantees but the child has been shielded from many new people they could have bonded and then lost.