Empower your bond with your growing kids in easy steps

           

How can you empower your bond with growing kids?

                                                   

Do you feel you and your kids are living in different zones? Do you realize that you are short of time to connect with your growing kids like you used to? And you seriously want to do something about it to strengthen the magical bond between you and your kids despite all those hectic schedules, household chores, hobby classes, extracurricular activities of kids, social obligations, and so on.

Easy steps to EMPOWER your bond with your growing kids

Five-minute wonder: 

Even five minutes of one-to-one talking with your kid daily can be so refreshing for both of you and it's not that difficult to trace those moments. You can have a light conversation with your child when you drop or pick her up from school. 

Else if she is going for a hobby class or for a regular doctor visit, simply inquire about her progress or about her day, which will allow her to open up with you. To make it more special, give her a nice hug when you meet her after school and you can see the renewed connection.

Leave notes for kids: 

Whenever you feel you won't be able to find time to connect with them, ensure that your absence does not sadden them. Make notes with cute messages, and inspiring words that will warm their hearts and place them on their study table, bed, or on door. In case, your growing child has a mobile phone then you can share messages and stay in touch.

                                                   

Share your wishes with each other to stay connected.

Wish list:  

Ask your kids to prepare a list of what they want to do with you which probably, they have missed doing with you lately. Prepare your own list as well and compare. Most probably, you will find a couple of things common between their and your' lists. It can be playing a board game with you, reading out a story, or even making a dish together in the kitchen.

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Timer, please: 

Now this one is interesting to quickly steal some moments. You have a couple of tasks to complete and your daughter wants to play with you. What you can do is set a timer of say 15 minutes in which you would complete a set of tasks and your kid will finish her tasks as well. 

Play some good music, set the timer, and start executing your tasks. It will be a great way to encourage kids to finish their work and enjoy it together.

                             

Share your thoughts: 

Make it a point to share any incident or funny thoughts with your kid daily. Crack a joke, narrate your childhood memories or maybe discuss things happening around you- that's an interesting way to connect with your kid and understand what's going on in his mind and his life. This one is a super easy way to empower your bond with your growing kids.

Simple things can strengthen your bond with your children

Lend your ears patiently: 

No matter how important is your email or how boring the incident is for you, listen out to him as whatever he is sharing is important for him, and even more important is the person to whom he is sharing.  Your patience of a few moments can earn you the bond of a lifetime!

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Practice gratitude at home:  

Take a moment to thank your children for keeping things back at their place, for making their beds, or anything else even if it is very little. It makes a lot of difference for them as you acknowledge their contribution and their efforts. In addition, you can see the same habit being infused in them naturally.

Monthly affair:  

Frequent outings with kids may be a difficult thing to plan but you can ensure once a month fun-filled day in any form. It can be watching a movie together, camping in the backyard, traveling, playing under the sun, shopping together, or anything else that gives a chance to have exclusive time with kids.

In case, going out is not an option then switch to virtual meetings with friends, virtual tours, or weekend movie plans at home.


                               

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Magic of a hug

Nothing compares to a hug from a parent to his kid.

Hugging has magical powers. You don't believe this. If you don't then for once go ahead and give a tight hug to your kid and feel the difference. You cannot express that in words but you will feel what a HUG can do to you and to your child.

Many of us do not give value to hugging. In fact, in some cultures, hugging kids often is considered a way to pamper him/ her and spoil the child in the long run. However, it is not so. On the contrary, hugging has several health benefits. It has magical benefits for both parties.

Hugging is important for child development.

Babies feel emotionally secure and loved when they are close to the body of their parents. Complete child development includes mental growth too. Kids who are deprived of touch and affection are likely to be emotionally weak in comparison to kids who are loved and hugged often.

Hug generates positive vibes.

Hugs from close family members create a positive environment.

 When you hug your child, he is filled with love, laughter, affection, confidence, and positivism. It applies to you too! Hug generates positive emotions in the related brain cells and creates an optimistic atmosphere around the people.   
                                          

A hug means acceptance.

When you hug someone you mean that you are embracing him/ her despite his flaws, mistakes, or weaknesses. Kids need such assurance that though they fail to match your high expectations, they are still loved. When you give a hug to your disobedient son/ daughter, you mean that you may not like his/ her behavior but you still love him/ her like before. Forgive and forget your child's mistake with a hug.

Hug a day keeps the stress away.

Embrace your loved ones to feel alive and stress-free.

A hug is a gateway to happiness and optimism. It instantly reduces the stress of children as well as yours. Go ahead and give a nice hug to your children.

Hug has medicinal properties.

 Yes, of course. Give a hug when your child is ill, in pain or sad, and see the positive change in his health. When you connect to him via a hug, he gets charged up, energized, and relaxed.

Strengthen your bond with your kids through hugging.

If you want to fill the gap between your kids then take a step and embrace them now. Hugging strengthens the bond and makes a relationship more beautiful and worthy.

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