3 Simple Changes I Made In My Daily Schedule To Spend Quality Time With My Kids

From leaving home at the break of dawn to fight through traffic and reach office at a reasonable hour to spending time in rush hour in the evening just so you can reach home to watch your child drift off to sleep – parenting and working full time is a precarious balance millions of parents try to achieve. You may also like: Are you spending enough time with your kids05.00 – 07.00 AM: Every family wakes up, reads the papers, indulges in morning cuddles and that is exactly what we do. These may be simple changes but it has made sure we have managed to spend quality time with our kids – successfully while giving them our undivided attention.

It is a truth universally acknowledged that parents who work full time have little or no time to spend with their kids. From leaving home at the break of dawn to fight through traffic and reach office at a reasonable hour to spending time in rush hour in the evening just so you can reach home to watch your child drift off to sleep – parenting and working full time is a precarious balance millions of parents try to achieve.

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With the number of screens available to us giving any relationship in our lives some undivided attention may be hard. Take a minute and count the number of screens we have at our disposal. The phone, tablet, television, computer, laptop, e-reader and so many more! There came a time when I realized I was spending more time capturing moments and creating memories than actually enjoying them. My kids were unhappy and so was I. Here are 3 easy ways in which I have managed to put down my screens, unplug and spend quality time with my kids. It is so easy to do, we bet you can too!

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05.00 – 07.00 AM: Every family wakes up, reads the papers, indulges in morning cuddles and that is exactly what we do. The kids just jump into our bed for morning hugs, cuddles or just ensure they wake us up and we just spend a few minutes in bed together. This way you have a great morning filled with minutes you spent with your family instead of surfing your Facebook feed to see who did what last night.
05.30 – 07.00 PM: This is the time I don’t carry my phone and if you see a mom who runs really fast, or cycles on her kids bikes then well that’s me. I may be caught refereeing kabbadi, playing killer, climbing jungle gyms or motivating my kids at swim class. I gather my thoughts, observe kids, unwind for the day, get a second helping of exercise, kiss my kids and just catch up on life and how quickly they are growing up. I know this sounds too much to give up for a lot of working moms who may be getting back from work but try even if it’s fifteen minutes it works.
07.30 – 09.00 PM: Dinnertime and we make sure we eat together on most days or make it a point that at least one parent is around. Conversations typically range from how was our day, current affairs, jokes the daughter heard at school, her new best friend, how much the two fought and so on and so forth. This also includes the time one of us makes sure we read to the kids before they go to bed.

These may be simple changes but it has made sure we have managed to spend quality time with our kids – successfully while giving them our undivided attention. Try it!

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