Importance of Quality Family Time

Wednesday, June 1st, 2011 at 12:33 am

Why play with your child?

Playing with your children is like taking an extraordinary trip inside your child’s world. This means in terms of physically and psychologically to position yourself at their level. It also entails that you may find yourself sitting on the floor and laughing at the same things they are. Beyond giving you simple pleasures, your playtime will bring other unsuspected benefits.

To create a rich and satisfying interaction.

When you play with your child, you have pleasure together and you appreciate their presence. Your child will also feel good. This will create a bond that will reinforce your relationship in the long-term. Focus on spending quality time.

To rediscover the importance of being in the present moment and reducing your stress.

Adults and children have a different perception of time. Your child’s is much slower than yours and children focus on the present. Taking a walk with your 2 year old will convince you. By taking a 15-minute stroll it will allow you to notice the crack in the sidewalk, the leaf that has fallen on the grass and the mushroom that is growing next to the pine tree. By following your child’s rhythm, you will slow yours down and discover the elasticity of time and fully take advantage of living in the moment.

If you take the time to listen to your child and if you speak to them from the heart they will become your accomplices and most of all you won’t see the time pass. Your worries about work will disappear and your stress will decrease a notch-guaranteed! You will discover your child’s heart.

For mutual discoveries.

By playing parents and children also make discoveries. From a parent’s perspective, you can see what your child likes, what they can do, how they react to success, failure or funny situations. You get to see the unknown facets of your child’s personality. From your child’s point of view, he realizes that like him, you like to laugh, that you also have funny ideas and that you show enjoyment in playing. They see you in a different way than the usual daily self.

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