Want To Spend Quality Time With Kids?

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How To Spend Quality Time With Your Child?

Quality time is basically the time that you spend with people who make you feel comfortable. You build strong relationships by spending quality time together.

But in this fast changing world, do we have time to spend??

 Today’s world is driven by technology. All over the world, people are using technology and getting benefitted from it. Technological advancements have changed the society. Parents need to understand the importance of spending quality time with kids. Our kids are growing up so fast. Their growth isn’t going to wait for our business or work to end. Children must spend meaningful time with their parents. They see who you are and how you live your life. So, don’t become a parent who is busy on social media, or engaged on laptops working from home.

Although technology provides tremendous opportunities and plays a significant role in almost all fields of human life, but excessive usage of technology too has its drawbacks. The effects of technology impact the society negatively. However, people do not realize it now. But later they will realize that how their lives have been impacted. The relations among the family members have been impacted by it. Family members used to have convivial atmosphere in the past which can’t be seen at present. Before the invention of these diverse devices, family members used to sit together and play games together. It’s high time now that you leave your gadgets and take out time to spend with the kids and turn that quality time with the kids into memorable moments of life.

You have to be a parent who is always available to talk, offer support and guide your child through life’s major challenges. Knowing that you are available to listen and love them unconditionally will make them feel safe and secure.

One of my friend’s child is 4 years old. And despite of her busy schedule, she always take care that she spends some time daily with her son. Both parents help him in doing his homework and also play with him. His grandparents also play with him. They play cricket, carrom, hide and seek, flash cards,  building blocks, vocabulary games, watch movies together, gardening etc. She everyday asks him how was his day? Did he missed his parents when they were not at home? The child shares about all his activities that he did throughout the day.

To have quality time with kids, you can do the following:


1)  Nature Walk to spend quality time with kids  

You may go for a Nature Walk to spend quality time with kids. While walking you can talk to your child about his/her day. You can ask and discuss the difficulties faced by him/her. You can ask if your child wants to share anything? Give that friendly environment to your child so that he/she shares their concerns with you.

 

2)  On the way to a place you can have quality time with kids

Quality time can be spent in the car on the way to dance, cooking, skating, cricket, ballet practice, or swimming classes, etc. These 10-15 minutes or more than that will surely give you quality time with your kid to have a strong bond.

 

3)  Cook together to spend quality time with kids

Make and eat meals with your children whenever possible to spend some quality time together. You can have some non-fire cooking, salad making, baking, etc. done together. It will help you both parents and kids to share a bond with each other which is seen missing these days.

 

4)  Go for movies to spend quality time with kids

To spend quality time with kids you can watch a kid’s movie together and have a well spent afternoon or evening. By doing this you will know your child’s interest too.

 

5)  To spend quality time with kids have dinner together

Spending time together is missing these days due to work pressure. Earlier whole family used to sit together for dinner and discuss about their day spent. Kids normally say that their parents are busy working online or on social media. You might be doing something important, but nothing is important than our kids. Rather we must spend time together to give a break and relax our eyes.

 

    6)  Spend quality time by sharing stories

You must try out ideas to have quality time with kids. Time can’t be slowed down. Instead, we must do optimum utilization of the time available to us. Before going to  sleep, you can peek at them, while they are still tucked into their beds. You can have a quality time, story-time with kids before going to bed. This way you can spend time together. It will help them in enriching their vocabulary. You can share some animal story, can talk about birds, can have some moral values inculcated during this time.

 

7)  Home improvements can be effective in spending quality time with kids

Teaching kids at the same time about life and tools is home improvement. The basement, the crawl space, the attic, the kitchen, are all classrooms for learning how things work and how to fix things in a safe manner. Kids will learn while seeing you.

 

8)  Know what kids are doing at home

Taking out time from your busy schedule and spending quality time with kids will be great. It will surely build a healthy bond between parent and child. Talk to kids about what do they do the whole day. Try to know about their studies. Sit and solve a puzzle with them. Try playing brain challenges. Try solving a mathematical question together, no matter that you don’t know how to solve it. Ask kids to read good books. Ask them if they watch any show on television? Knowing your child is the best way to have quality with kids.

    

9)  Volunteer in the classroom or for extracurricular activities to spend quality time with kids

You must try participating and volunteering in your child’s classroom activities to spend quality time with kids. You must have an open communication with the teacher to know your child’s class performance. From time to time you must ask about the areas of improvement. Show your child that you care for him/her.




10)             Be a friend to your kids

Do some creativity like craft, drawing, painting or a family game to spend quality time with kids. Communicate with your child more and more. Grab the opportunities to talk and play together.

This way you will develop more closer relationship with your child and ultimately strengthen your bond. The best part is that they will love you seeing you more involved with them, especially as young children.

I hope that you will try and implement these ideas and will be more involved as a parent with your child. This way you will spend quality time with your kids and will create memories to cherish.


Note: This aticle is written by Dr. Anu Yadav. She is a CBSE School Principal.

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