‘Quality Time With Kids’ – An Important Aspect Of Parenthood!

‘Children spell love...T.I.M.E.’. This quote by Dr. Anthony P. Witham is so simple yet so profound.

With an ever-growing list of tasks to accomplish each day, it’s easy to let time with your children slip down your priorities. The evening has just begun when you finish work and want to reach home soon. The 8’o clock TV show has not even started and you’re already too exhausted to watch it. Homework, dinner, lunchbags, bath-time, bedtime and all on top of your own job (or jobs), leave you with just enough energy to drag yourself to bed so that you can wake up early the next morning and start the rut all over again. Do you really spend enough quality time with your child? Each day with your young kid feels like a week and each week feels like a month. The inexorable march of time turns babies into big kids in blink of an eye and the challenges of juggling your adult lives often prevent you from fully appreciating the beautiful nuances of their childhood.

Let us start with understanding the term ‘Quality time’. What exactly does it mean? Well, we hear this term quite often but it’s hard to quantify as it could mean differently to different people. For some it could be pulling out a board game, for others it could be having deep conversations over dinner while for some it may be enjoying a sport together.

Spending quality time with your children is very important. They need to see who you are and how you love your life. Giving them some part of your day, which is solely meant for them, makes them feel secure, loved and confident. This in turn helps in building a strong family bond and a healthy parent-child relationship.

Considering the kids also have their own routine, which includes school, after school activities, spending time at a friend’s place, and other activities that do not include you, the left over hours become very precious. However, instead of worrying about how many hours you are spending with your child, focus on turning those hours into memories.

Let us try a small mental trick; In the course of a busy parenting day, imagine the clock wound forward to a couple of years when your cute-yet-naughty children are all grown up and are not at home. May be they are away for some higher studies, or for work in some other city. Picture their messy bedroom all clean and empty. Imagine the backseat of your car vaccumed and without candy wrappers or crumbs. Playroom shelves neatly stacked with dusty toys and laundry all sorted. Then rewind the clock back to now, see today’s minutes of mayhem for what they are; beautiful and fleeting.None of us know how to stop or slow down time but we definitely can make the most of these moments when we still have chances to tuck them in their beds and put their stuff in correct places with our own hands.

Play their games

Be a part of all the games your child enjoys. Other than the traditional board games like Carom, Chess, monopoly introduce some new ones to him. Read the rules together and try your hands on it.This will give you a feeling of immense closeness with the child and you will witness how unlike a few other activities, here you don’t have to ‘let them win’ and how they will jump ahead leaving your skill set behind.

You can choose from a large variety of different types of games (Word, Arcade, Board, Mystery, Action/Reflex etc) available on Amazon.in. 

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Inovera kids cycle 3 wheel scooter 

 

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Solve some puzzles with them

It will amaze you how quick and spontaneous your kids can be when it comes to solving some interesting puzzles. Encourage and introduce your kids to various types of puzzles like jig-saw, rubik cube, magnetic puzzles etc. You can choose from a wide variety available under this section at Amazon.in

 

 

Funskool World Map Puzzle

 

 

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Go away for the weekends

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Hangit 3’ basic rope hammock swing

 

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Not every day with your child will be perfect, but hopefully one day when they are willing to spread their wings, you will greet their departure with a profound sense of satisfaction as you have given them a beautiful childhood and also given yourself what you need to feel like a successful parent.

Please note: The opinions expressed in this post are the personal views of the author. They do not necessarily reflect the views of mycity4kids. Any omissions or errors are the author's and mycity4kids does not assume any liability or responsibility for them.