How Spending Time With Your Kids Helps Them, Part II

Our lives have gotten more hectic in the last decade. Between full-time jobs, the rise of technology and social media, as well as the need to do everything, it has become incredibly more difficult to spend quality time as a family. Which as a result tends to make us feel guilty. However, as we stated in the first part of the article, it’s not about how much time you spend together, but rather how you spend it. Here are some benefits your kids will experience if you find time to sit and connect as a family, even if it’s just for ten minutes:

• They will establish a healthy routine. By making space to spend time as a family, usually means establishing a common daily routine with everyone. Routine teaches structure to kids, as well as provides balance. In turn, this reduces stress. Not only this, but it also promotes healthy habits in their life. By having a routine they will eat healthy at constant times, will more likely establish a positive sleeping schedule as well as encourage them to disconnect from social media. All of this will benefit your children and family greatly.
• Their learning skills will improve. School time takes up a big part of your child’s life when they’re young, which means that when you take an interest in their school work, you encourage their learning skills. You can do this by asking them how their day went, or in doing their homework with them or even taking time to research what they’re doing so you can talk about it in spare moments. This applies not only to school work but to their own personal interests. For example, if you see that they’re very curious about bugs, buy them books on bugs and read them together.
• Involvement of both parents. It’s important that both parents get involved equally and share the workload together. This is because it’s been proven that 50/50 households promote unit and balance, which encourages a happy home for children. Not only that, but children feel less neglected by one parent if they see both parents equally. It’s important for children to develop similar relationships with both parents. Lastly, working together with your partner will make you both happier at work, at home and even together. Parenting is a partnership after all.

Overall it’s comforting for children to feel loved and supported by their parents. To achieve this, it’s not about spending all the time in the world with them, it’s more about making sure that whatever time you can spend with your child, that you’re present and supporting. This might mean less moment for some parents who both work full-time jobs, but it’s important to make those moments count. Which is why we encourage you to check out our online library www.mediazide.com for books or music you can enjoy as a family.