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How to find more quality time with your kids
As a result of heavy workloads at home and at work, many parents today are feeling burned out and exhausted at the end of the day. Parents report feeling like they have no energy or time to spend with their children and, as a result, many parents feel guilty that they don't spend enough quality time with their children.
We can't lighten your load but we can give you the following great ideas on how to actually find more time for your kids:
- Have "no TV and computer" nights. This
time can be spent talking and participating in activities that the
whole family will enjoy. Refuse to make your TV and computer a central
part of your recreation time.
- Do family chores together.
Family then becomes a team working toward common goals.
- Remember that ordinary daily activities such as
walking and reading stories together are as important as special
trips and holidays.
- Find time to talk about your child's
day, either in the car, on the way to soccer practice or
during bath-time.
- Tell your child about your day.
- Plan ahead and allow extra time for big changes in your family's life. Changes could be anything from a move to a new house, a new baby or a parent who will be away from home for an extended period of time. Smoother transitions mean children who are happier and parents who are less stressed out.
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