Jacqueline ElliottLeadership Strategist | CEO, Mother, Wife, Legacy-Builder

I only give my kids 20 minutes a day…

18 Nov 2025 · 1 min

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A short YouTube monologue by Jacqueline Elliott addressing parental guilt about balancing work and family. The speaker argues that short, focused interactions (she claims to give her children "20 minutes" a day) can be sufficient if they are high-quality: being fully present, surprising the children with active play, and making those moments distinct from routine presence. The piece emphasizes quality over quantity in parent–child time.

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I have ladies that ask me all the time, hey, I feel guilty because I'm in business and I have my kids, and I'm not spending time with them. I'm like, well, how much time are you giving them? Like, well, a couple hours. And I'm like, couple hours? I mean, that's freaking a lot of time. It really is. I give my kids 20 minutes. 20 minutes. My kids don't need more than 20 minutes. But in those 20 minutes when I'm home, I'm a different woman. Every day. For my kids, when I see them, we play Ring around the Rosie on the outside. You know, we play, I throw them. I'll do things they don't expect me to do. I don't sit and I don't play with my. When I'm with my kids, I try to surprise them. I try to do stuff that they don't expect. That's the thing. You're not making the best out of your time. Sometimes your kids get used to you just being there and not really being there.