[alexro]

While there are no kids that ask their mom "where's daddy?" - meaning you - there is little to worry about.

I totally wasted several years of my youth and that was the best time ever. And this guy was creating something, so +1 for that.

[lubos]

"where's daddy" problem is rarely an issue for entrepreneurs.

kids are very good at adapting to their environment as long as their environment is stable and predictable. for example if you spend with your kids whole their life only 5 minutes a day, they perceive it as normal and wouldn't expect it any other way because "that's how daddy always used to be"

the key for entrepreneur with kids is to deliver consistency no matter what that consistency is. follow my advice and you will be happy entrepreneur.

[refurb]

It's very true that kids adapt. It's same reason why kids who are abused keep their mental faculties about them. Being beaten every other day is "normal" to them.

There are two problems with this "adaption". It creates adults with warped sense of what's normal. If they are lucky enough to gain a healthy disposition, they end up hating their parents for the upbringing they got.

[edwinnathaniel]

5 minutes a day is called "pretending" to be there for your kids when your mind is somewhere else.

Doing that consistently sounds like a punishment more than anything.

There are very very very very few people who can become a Great CEO and Great Dad within the same time frame.

You always have to give something.

[gardarh]

Just one minor thing... someone has to be with the kid every hour of every day. Don't know if you've been there but laying all that responsibility on your partner is, well, let's just hope the partner of the 5-minutes-a-day dad has patiente.

[alexro]

indeed, kids are good at adapting ... the only thing that saddens me when I have to miss them is that I won't get this opportunity again to see them at this particular moment of their life.

giving them just 5 mins a day ... what a miserable dad would I be.