As you are getting ready for another school year, prioritizing quality time for your children should be at the top of your agenda.
Life just keeps getting busier and busier, and we seem to have even less time to connect with our children. Our children spend most of their down-time connected to a variety of technological devices, making meaningful interactions with them minimal.
Make time for your children
Kids who lack connection may grow up to be depressed, or anxious, and lacking self-worth.
Jamison Monroe, writing in Mind Body Green offers us some tips to creating meaningful moments with our children. Here are some day to day activities that can be added to any busy mom’s schedule.
Turn off the car radio when you’re driving the kids home from school.
Eat dinner together as a family a few times a week.
Share “rose and thorn” moments at the dinner table or before bed.
Leave an entire weekend unscheduled.
Breathe together.
Get outside as a family.
Take a yoga class together, or invest in a private session for the family at home.– Jamison Monroe
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