We are midway through summer and the kids are stating to get bored.
Most summer activities are also halfway to being done.If not, some are finished already with the courses being offered.
Let’s face it, not everyone can afford sending their children to summer activities. Apart from the expenses these will incur (enrollment fees, transportation, food, and necessary materials to be purchased like shoes and necessary clothes), plotting the logistics regarding who and when who will bring the children to the place where they will get their summer enrichment activities also needs to be done.
Most children stay at home during these days that they don’t have to go to school.
So what could be done so that they will not feel bored and restless?
Clockwise from upper right, books that teach how they can draw things, a board game, digital scrapbooking, chess and jigsaw puzzle.
These are just some of the activities that these children can do at home aside from the usual electronic hand held video games that they get to play from morning till night time:
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Establishing study habits is probably one of the most difficult or trying times between a parent (or both parents) and their child(ren).
Why is this so?
Children would rather play than study their lessons.
Children would rather watch their favorite television show than do their home works.
Children would rather read comic books than read their reference books.
Children would rather do other things like play games on their gaming console or chat with friends or even surf the internet rather than study.
So what should parents do?
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“Having a baby changes everything”. Of course, who would ever forget this famous tagline from those Johnson & Johnson advertisements? I guess every doting Mom in this world, especially first-time Moms like me, would whole-heartedly agree with such statement.
Because it is indeed true. Having a baby will definitely change your life. And this is not an understatement. It is especially so true for me who, although had long prepared myself in caring for an infant (after three long years of on-and-off plans and waiting), didn’t understand much what the statement truly meant until the first time I held my son in my arms.
The first of those new daily routines, the first of those sleepless nights comforting and feeding a baby-the feeling was just too overwhelming. I wondered how I was going to survive the responsibilities of motherhood. The first year was a total adjustment. From an expected routine and easy going lifestyle for over three years of just me and my Hubby, suddenly, total a turnaround took place. Our first baby became the center of our love and attention. New family dynamics developed and new beginnings were born.
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