{"id":6031,"date":"2015-11-18T22:48:58","date_gmt":"2015-11-19T05:48:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/?p=6031"},"modified":"2015-11-18T22:48:58","modified_gmt":"2015-11-19T05:48:58","slug":"stapleton-dad-finally-tells-kids-who-he-loves-most","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/?p=6031","title":{"rendered":"Stapleton Dad Finally Tells Kids Who He Loves Most"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t\t\"Dad<\/a>Stapleton father of two Tom Skaggs recently sat down with his five year old daughter and three year old son to have what he felt was an important conversation. \u201cI always feel like they aren\u2019t sure who I love more,\u201d said Skaggs. \u201cAnd, I think, that has to be an awful feeling. I mean, what if they were to go their entire lives without ever knowing who I truly cared for more? Worse yet, what if I were to pass away and they never found out? Sure, I could leave it in a note, or my wife could tell them, but this is really something you want to hear firsthand.\u201d Skaggs said that although he struggled as to when to tell him, he has never struggled with who he loves more. \u201cI\u2019ve always loved my daughter<\/a> more,\u201d said Skaggs. \u201cShe was my first born, she is pretty, a better eater, potty-trained faster, and so on. Just a lot of things go into it I guess. Sometimes it\u2019s hard to define love.\u201d\n\nSkaggs went on to say that who he loves more is not set in stone<\/a>, and is a work in progress. \u201cThis is just where it stands now,\u201d explains Skaggs. \u201cCertainly, things could change through their teenage years, then college years, and so on. I tried to explain that to them, but after the initial comments, they kind of stopped listening. We will continue to evaluate them, as it is a fluid situation.\u201d Skaggs wife Nancy was not a big fan of the discussion. \u201cI mean, it really upset Thomas,\u201d said Nancy. \u201cHe loves his dad, and to hear his dad tell him he loves Bella more, was pretty upsetting to him. I don\u2019t know if he understands that he still loves him, just not as much as his sister.\u201d Nancy says the conversation was unnecessary and something she would never be a part of. \u201cThere was really nothing gained out of it,\u201d said Nancy. \u201cOf course it made Thomas sad, and possibly resentful of his sister, so nothing positive resulted from it. I love both of my kids equally as much.\u201d\nSkaggs disagrees with wife Nancy when it comes to the productiveness of the conversation. \u201cI think this will make Thomas fight for my love,\u201d said Skaggs. \u201cAnd, maybe it will make Bella continue her drive to be the best, the best person I love in the house. Plus, very few things are exactly equal. I mean, even trying to find things exactly equal in measure of weight would be difficult. And they really aren\u2019t that far off. I tried to explain that to them, but again, at this point, it may be a little over their heads.\u201d Skaggs says he doesn\u2019t have a plan for the next time he will make an announcement. \u201cFor sure it will be a year or more,\u201d said Skaggs. \u201cI don\u2019t want to make rash decisions, plus I think it was such a big deal for them, like the Olympics, and you don\u2019t hold the Olympics once a month.\u201d ]]>\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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