Making Family Time

10 Ways to Spend Quality Time with Children Make a date -- Children like routine, so why not set aside one afternoon a week when you do something special together? Share the planning -- Get the children to decide what you're going to do at leas...

I Go to Pieces Activity for an individual child Age group: 18-40 months Duration of activity: 45 minutes Materials: Photograph of your child, enlarged to 8" x 10" or larger Poster board cut to same size as photo Clear contact paper Scissors Whit...

The Importance of Rules in Games It's in the Cards A set of rules is a prescribed guide for conduct, telling you how to proceed with your next course of action.Rules, rules, rules! A game is only as good as its rules, and how well we play the ga...

Draw all of your family and lots of your friends in this printable picture gallery. ...

Family Meetings: Spelling Out House Rules and Obligations Household rules—and the consequences of breaking them—should be spelled out clearly. ( Family meetings may be the ideal time to do this.) Writing them out and posting them will avoid ...

10 Things to Avoid When Starting a Craft Project Sometimes the best ways to ensure success is to know the pitfalls beforehand so they can be avoided. Before I tell you some sure-fire ways to make crafting with your kids a joy, let's look at the ...

Ten Ways to Make More Time for Your KidsThe Frenzied Family As you head into the back-to-school year, you wonder: Can you really do it again? Pack lunches at dawn, dash from carpools to business meetings, apply mascara at stoplights, help with h...

When it comes to screen time and kids, it isn't all bad news. The American Academy of Pediatrics offers guidelines on how to make screen time healthy and educational.

Making Time for Arts & CraftsYou may be wondering when you're going to do all these arts & crafts when you're running to soccer games, trying to get the laundry done, rushing to finish a project for your boss on time, and struggling to get a mea...

What Shall We Play? This might be the trickiest part of family game night—unless you've been playing for a while and have established the family favorites. The conflicts will arise if some family members prefer one game to another. There are a...

Start Playing Games at a Young Age The trick to avoiding difficulty with teenagers is to start playing games with them when they are little kids. Keep the lines of communication with them open. Talk and listen when they are little, and never sto...

What Should We Play? No matter what game you play, some kids are just not going to get into it. The trick is to start them young and keep the games alive. Try setting up tournaments and championships. Once you get them hooked, they'll come back ...

Be a Winner! There's nothing worse than a sore loser. Sore losers are considered whiners and bad sports. The worst kind of sore loser is one who goes around accusing everyone of cheating because he or she can't face the fact that they might not ...

Dare to Play Fair When children play games, squabbles arise over the rules all the time. Depending on the age group, many kids are not likely to read the rules before starting the game. And there's nothing worse than having to break up a fistfig...

The Importance of Rules in Games It's in the Cards A set of rules is a prescribed guide for conduct, telling you how to proceed with your next course of action.Rules, rules, rules! A game is only as good as its rules, and how well we play the ga...

Living far from family is hard, especially during the holiday season. We may live in locations that are far from where we grew up for various reasons: job opportunities, lifestyle choices, proximity to our partner’s family, or financial reason...

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What Should We Play? No matter what game you play, some kids are just not going to get into it. The trick is to start them young and keep the games alive. Try setting up tournaments and championships. Once you get them hooked, they'll come back ...