Get Close to Children Through Joint Activities

Let's discuss how you can get close to children through...

Let's discuss how you can get close to children through joint activites. Communication between parents and children is very important to capture the messages conveyed by them. Parents are able to understand their children’s needs. Conversely, children also get feedback from the message it conveys, it will make sense so they can understand the wishes of parents.

But, as a parent, do we realize that some of us spend 8-9 hours for 5 working days doing an activity in the office? Do we feel that we have a good quality of our communication with our beloved one? Have you ever thought of doing activities together with children in your free time? Here are some tips or kinds of activities that we can do with our children during the day off.

Communicating with children does not have to "sit" it in front of you and ask lots of questions you want to know. That in fact makes a child uncomfortable with you. Communicating with children can be built one of them by doing activities or hobbies that become a passion for you and your child. Conducting activities with children in their spare time to improve the quality of the relationship between parent and child.

From these activities or hobbies, you can start building interactions with children. The quality of the relationship between you as a parent and a child will be maintained even with the least free time available. The following activity options can be used to build your interactions as a parent with a child:

1. Get Close to Children by Doing Exercise Together

If you and your children love certain types of sports, take your time to exercise with them. Although only jogging together around the complex in the residence, children will feel they have a partner in the move. With his own parents, children's trust in you will also be built.
After exercising, you can use your time to rest and have breakfast together. Ask them what menu and breakfast place they like. That way you can find out the fun in terms of food. For example, from something simple he does not like fried onions, celery leaves, or sweet soy sauce. It may be small and trivial, but not all parents know it. Children will feel flattered because parents put forward their needs. When else can you pay attention to their needs if not in their free time?
While eating and resting after exercise, invite him to joke and ask about all the activities he wants to know. If your child joins a sports club, ask about his activities. With you doing sports with him, your child will also form an understanding that you can understand his hobbies because you want to do them together. Children are also not awkward to tell you.
After that, you can also change topics by asking friends at school, the teacher, or the news that becomes "trending topics" in their environment. Children will feel that their parents care about them. At a later time when he has a problem or encounters difficulties, you are the parent who will be a place to complain not someone else. You as a parent will surely be happy if you take precedence over children. When will you have more time to spend with your child if you are not free?

2. Play Games Together

Maybe you as a parent feel too old to play games. But through this game, you can find out and understand how children actually solve a problem. You can motivate and assist children when facing obstacles in the game. Encourage children to discuss and win games together.
Through the game, you have indirectly taught them to complete work together in a team. Later it is hoped that when they are required to complete work related to the team, they will become accustomed because you have taught your child beforehand. You do not need to be afraid and anxious when your child faces difficulty in a location far from you. You have provided him with enough insight as a reference in solving problems.
For example, playing Lego. This game requires more complicated creativity and thinking ability to make them into a particular object. For example, planes, boats, robots. Parents can invite them to discuss possible ways to use it. In addition, it can motivate a child to try to finish the game.

3. Prepare Food Together

Your free time will end soon and you have to go back to your activities. With limited free time, you can invite children to prepare meals together. Shop, cook, and serve at the dinner table.
Shopping, in addition to teaching children about the value of money, shopping is a way to form positive parent-child relationships by involving and making children feel important about food preparation decisions. You can tell them "that you are more excited when they accompany you shopping".
When cooking, you can ask them to talk about a lot of things and ask questions that you haven't had the chance to ask. With a relaxed cooking atmosphere, children can openly express their opinions. Then when at the dining table, you can ask for plans for activities at school or in the neighborhood. You can also offer support to children to make them more excited. That way the child cannot wait to tell the activities he had done when he has free time with you later.
The easy thing to do right?
Free time does not have to wait for your long leave or during school holidays, you can also use the limited free time on weekends to interact and do activities with your child. Children will miss the weekend together because they will get the most valuable treasure that is your time.

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