Tips to Spend Time With Your Children
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Children want your undivided attention. When they talk, look at them and engage them in further conversation.
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Listen to their music. You might begin liking it.
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Ask them what they want to do. Is baseball their love? Play catch in your backyard.
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Establish new family traditions. Set a specific time each week for them, such as Friday pizza nights.
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Develop your family as a team. Give everyone chores. Do them together.
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Make one-on-one time with each child. Kids talk more freely when they're with just one parent.
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Watch television shows they choose. Then talk about them.
Online Medical Reviewer:
Godsey, Cynthia M.S., M.S.N., APRN
Date Last Reviewed:
12/1/2003
Date Last Modified:
3/18/2004