As my kids get older, we spend less time together. I'm learning to make the time we have count.

The author's kids (not pictured) are getting older, and he says his role as a parent is changing. emholk/Getty Images When my kids were younger, they needed my wife and me for everything. Now, they're 9 and 11, and they've gotten more independent over the years. My role as a parent has changed, and I have to embrace the time we have together. When our two kids were little, my wife and I were needed for everything. Every snack, every bedtime routine, every scraped knee, every middle-of-the-...