I work from home, so I always have things waiting for me. 3) STOP electronics (I’m talking to you… the grown-up). Now, you are teaching them an important lesson and spending time with them. A key example? Folding laundry and letting them help. If you are busy, maybe you can invite them into what you are doing or come up with a time later when you can intentionally spend time with them. 2) If you can’t say yes… do something else. And so when I do have to say no, I’m comforted by the fact that I did say yes the other 9 times. This simple concept really does help me because I know there are times when I really, really must say no. Lately, I’ve been trying to say yes as much as possible to these little requests I hear all day. So, how do you focus more on the kids? 1) Say YES a lot more. It can be hard because we have to get the housework done. When our child asks if we will play cards or build Legos with him, he is really asking, “Am I important enough to you that you will spend time with me?” It’s not the fancy trip to Disney that builds that bond, it’s the everyday moments. That day-to-day, nothing fancy, just being together… Those are the relationship-builders. Plus, in the midst of all of this, our kids are also looking to us for friendship, since they can’t go out right now.ĭo you know those moments when we are just doing our normal day to day thing: reading to the kids, washing their hair, sitting with them while they eat breakfast, matching socks together on the bed… those are the moments that count. I know that we busy right now, but our kids are looking to us for security, understanding, and love.
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