Today, not many people manage to combine work with household chores and at the same time raise children.
Sometimes it may seem that you do not have time anywhere, and the child grows by itself like "Mowgli" among the jungle. Every morning starts with the usual hustle and bustle of getting the kids ready for school, feeding the family, and above all, getting yourself cleaned up because you're already running late for your work meeting.
How to plan your schedule correctly so that you have time for both homework and your favorite work. This is what will be discussed in this material.
Seven Important Rules to Help You Have a Good Time
Let's take a look at seven tips that will help working moms make the most of their time with their kids without spending so much time on it.
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Separate work and personal time
Often, work requires more attention and time than usual. Especially if the mother of the family is in a leadership position. It is not uncommon for work to be taken home. But you need to learn to set a boundary between working time and the time that you can devote to family members. If you succeed, you will be able to devote more time to children. Therefore, it is important to discuss with management exactly when your working day ends, and try to stick to this schedule.
Forget your mobile phone when talking to children
When interacting with children, try to pay attention only to them. Listen, find out how the day went at school, kindergarten. Turn off your "work" brain and don’t even think about spying on messages in “viber”, “telegram”; or other communication channels where they can write about working moments. In general, take the phone out of the room and fully devote time to the children. So you will spend it qualitatively.
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Learn to respect your boundaries
Agree with colleagues that you don't need to call and ask questions about work in the evening. If we are not talking about a super-important decision on which the reputation of the company depends. But this is like an exception. In the case of this reservation, never violate your principles. If you stumble, colleagues will conclude that the agreements can be violated and will certainly begin to take away your personal time again.
Turn family dinners into a ritual
Make it a rule never to eat with your child while watching TV. During dinner, also forget about all gadgets that can distract you. Just have dinner and pay attention to everyone.
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When playing with children, feel like a child too
This game will prove to be quite fun and will bring you down even more. You can build a fortress out of pillows and blankets. Immerse yourself completely in this process. Pretend you don't see the kids and look for them all over the room.
Even if you are tired after a hard day at work, you have several options for how to spend the evening: put the children to bed and spend the remaining time on social networks, or give up a boring routine and immerse yourself in the world of your children for a few minutes.
Make getting ready for bed a fun ritual
To make daily bathing and putting a child to bed not seem like hard work, it is necessary to make a fun ritual out of it. Let your baby splash and play in the tub. When he laughs and plays, it will be easier for you to wash him, and he will take bathing more calmly. Read a book to your child before bed. Ask what he dreams about. The child should fall asleep with the confidence that he is loved and supported.
Quality is more important than quantity
Perhaps you have only one or two hours of free time that you can spend with your child. Maybe even less. The main thing you can do, no matter how much time you have, – dedicate yourself to the child and spend quality time.
Remember, it's not the amount of time spent with your child that matters, but the quality of it. The attention and care that you give your baby, they will always remember. It can be a wonderful weekend in another city, and vice versa, a regular car ride on the way home, a crazy parent day when everything goes topsy-turvy, and a quiet family evening. Only we, the media, can make such moments interesting, sincere and unforgettable.
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