Create And Utilize Your Time For Bonding With Your Kids

Your kids are at school five days a week. Their regular routine looks something like this – going to school, taking a nap, doing their homework, going for classes, watching some television, and playing with friends. So, they have an almost fixed schedule five days a week, but what about the weekends? What do they do to spend their long weekends? Do they while away time watching television or surfing the Internet? Or are they busy playing with their friends, gadgets or video games? Do they spend time with you during those two days or are you busy too finishing up pending chores of the week? If you don’t spend some time with your kids over the weekend, you are definitely following a wrong practice. It is very important that your child bonds with you the most rather than the television, gadgets, and his friends. Even if you are very busy with your chores, schedule and work, you need to have some quality time with your kids. Spending quality time with your kids will only strengthen your bond with them and have a positive effect on your relationship. If you are having a tough time balancing between your chores and finding time for your kids, these few tips may help you.

·        Just like you have a fixed schedule for the weekdays, do the same for the weekends too. Set up a fixed time – a particular morning or evening of the weekend for completing your chores and have the rest of the weekend to enjoy together.

·        Instead of trying to complete all the chores together, try setting up a way in which you can divide your weekend chores throughout the weekdays too. Instead of doing 7 chores on a weekend, try to make time for 1 chore per day.

·        Instead of completing all the chores on your own, divide the work between your family members, or take the time to get the errands done together so that even while driving to the bank, grocery store or elsewhere, you spend time together.

·        You need to embrace the decision of leaving a few things undone. If you try to be perfect with completing your chores, you are not going to be able to spend time with your kids, and that’s for sure. Let some of the small stuff go so that you can bond with your kids.

Once you put these things into practice, you will see how you can wonderfully carve out the time to be with your kids. But then, what do you do with the time? While away all of it just sitting with them, or relaxing, or watching television? No way! Utilize the time you have got out of your busy schedule to do something creative, fun or worthwhile.

·        If your kids are young, play board games with them – even if it is for half an hour a day. Or if they have a favourite sport, try to put in all efforts to play with them or be with them while they play.

·        Exercise is an important part of everyone’s life. With a busy schedule throughout the week, you may not have time to do so. So, why not utilize this child-bonding time doing some exercise? This is the fittest and healthiest way to strengthen your bond. Get 45 to 60 minutes of exercise every day. If it’s not possible at a stretch, burst it into 15 minute counts.

·        You can involve your children with your regular every day activities like cooking, baking and shopping. Give them responsibilities during these chores and see how they will be highly interested.

·        It’s okay to have some activities that are not too useful, once in a while. You can take your child to a movie or community event, spend time painting each other’s nails, or going for some snacks and coffee.

Make it a point to plan up a more bonding schedule for your kids and yourself right from today. Utilize the time when you are with them to the fullest and leave their school time worry to their teachers at GAFL, the renowned CBSE school in Bangalore, where teachers are trained to take care of every kind of mental, physical and emotional health of their students.

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