Time With the Little Ones
@princess07031980 (5412)
United States
August 14, 2009 10:35am CST
In such hard economic times, or for the parents that are working full time, what do you do with your children or your family to have quality time? I have just recently started making an effort to spend family time with my kids-where we all sit together and do one activity. It's hard, as I have a 9 year old, a 7 year old and a 2 year old, but we are doing it! I have promised them a movie night once a week, and we walk to school, pushing the baby in the stroller 3 times a week while the weather is nice. I think my children look forward to our family time together.
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@princess07031980 (5412)
• United States
14 Aug 09
LOL sometimes he all ready pulls that on me-you know since parents are so uncool. But, yes, I can still enjoy a family time with all the kids and for that I am very grateful. Even more grateful that I didn't let their childhoods get away from me completely! I realized that I haven't made time for them like I should.
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@3SnuggleBunnies (16374)
• United States
16 Aug 09
We read a couple of stories before bed togeather. We make cookies and bread ect all togeather. Go exploring in our garden. Quiet time in the afternoon where there's no tv & we read or go thru workbooks or a lil project of sorts.
@ladymoonstone143 (1507)
• United States
16 Aug 09
Quality time for me with my 3 kids will be their bedtime. I got 3 and each of them got a routine already. I bathe each one of them and read stories to them individually. My youngest, I will massage her and just play with her. As a family, it is usually a movie. I will take out the old Wee Sing videos and we will be singing and dancing with it. During the weekend when my husband is off, we will just drive around or eat out.
It is quite hard to have a quality time with my kids especially I have a 4 month old but I make sure I give them as much attention as I can and prioritize their needs.
@PeacefulWmn9 (10420)
• United States
16 Aug 09
Hi Princess. I commend you on spending this kind of time with your children. Mine are grown now, but I do know that due to the economy and the fact that they work full time, the make special efforts to be with their kids for family time in ways that are not expensive. They take their kids to the free Saturday matinees, rent movies from Netflix for only a small amount a month, and do other things like going to the park and taking "nature walks" or having reading and craft times at home.
Karen
@hmfryklund (389)
• United States
16 Aug 09
I think that even if parents work full-time jobs, they should attempt to spend at LEAST one night a week as a "family night" where you sit at the table all together for dinner, which so many people don't do, ask each other about their day, be interested in what each other has to say, and have some kind of activity where everyone is involved. I am a full time working mom, and my husband works full time and we both work separate shifts so our time for family time would have to be the weekend. We each spend a lot of time separately with the kids during the week, but we try really hard to spend a few hours on Saturday and Sunday with our kids, either playing outside or playing in the house (they are both under 2, so it's hard to actually have an activity to play lol)
