Mike Carruthers:
You've certainly heard it before, spending quality time with
children is so important yet still…
Diana
Loomans:
Grade school children get about 20 minutes of undivided quality
time per week with their parent, with each parent.
Diana
Loomans, author of the book, What
All Children Want Their Parents To Know says in addition
to spending quality time there are other important keys to good
parenting that we often overlook, for instance…
Teach
by example because parents put all this energy into trying to
give their kids happy lives when what kids most want is for
their parents to be happy. Because a happy adult in the household
is going to have a lot more to bring and is going to be much
more optimistic and caring than a parent that is unfulfilled
and unhappy but trying to make their kids happy.
It's
also important, says Diana, to share laughter, play and affection
with your children.
We have
something that's called the 30-day smile. And to just see what
happens, how much joy and laughter you can have just by realizing
that life is far too short to be taken so seriously.
And Diana
says parents need to make sure that they're not always criticizing
and finding fault but also praising kids when they do right.
If you
took a moment, one minute each day to tell your child either
something they're doing right or telling them one way that you
love or appreciate them their behavior would radically alter
and maybe even their performance in school or at home.
You can
link to Diana's
website from ours: somethingyoushouldknow.net
I'm Mike Carruthers and that's Something You Should Know.
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