"I'll tell you one thing: I hear confessions; not so much now as I did in the other dioceses ... When a young mom or a dad comes to me, I ask: 'How many children do you have?' and I have another question,: 'Tell me, do you play with your children?'. Most respond: ‘Pardon Father?' - 'Yes, yes: do you play? Do you waste time with your kids? '.
We are losing this knowledge, this wisdom of how to play with our kids. The economic situation compels us to this, to lose this. Please waste time with your children!"
Pope Francis during his pastoral visit to the Italian region of Molise.