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In today’s fast paced society it is way to easy to get busy and distracted which leads to a lack of quality time with our children. With a little planning and open-ended questions, you will find pure joy in spending quality time with your kids. Here are a few ways to spend time with your kids.
1. Sit face to face and talk. Sit directly in from of your kids, make eye contact and let them know that they have your undivided attention.
2. Eat Dinner at the table as a family. Eating dinner at the table with no TV to distract everyone can open up some incredible conversations. Make a point to talk about the day, tell some jokes, have a family meeting, all kinds of possible conversations are available.
3. Go to the park. Going to the park is free. Get outside and run around with your kids. Push them on the swings. Play tag. Throw a football. Engage in activity with them.
4. Play a board game or card game. Start a family friendly competition and keep a tally of wins for every game you play. Board games can bring out the kid in each of us!
5. Ask open-ended questions. Instead of asking, “Did you have a good day?” Ask, “What was the best thing that happened today?” Ask questions that need more of a one line answer.
6. Have a joke contest. There is something about kids telling jokes that make smiles and laughter contagious. They can be the silliest jokes that make no sense but learn to laugh with your kids.
7. Explore someplace new together. Pick a place you have never been to before in your city or state. A new park, a woods, maybe downtown. Involve the kids in picking where to go and leading the way.
8. Take them on one-on-one dates. If you have more than one child, plan a special outing with each one individually. Make the place you go unique to that child’s interest. Make the date all about them!
9. Build something together. Whether it is a fort in the house, a treehouse in the backyard or a lego castle building together can be a way to bond and enjoy time together.
10. Create a Family Fun Night Look at your calendar and schedule a regular Family Fun Night. This night doesn’t have to be an expense or big fan-fair event. Just a simple movie and pizza or board games & popcorn will be awesome. The key is planning a regular time to get together as a family and enjoy time together.
What are more ideas to add to this list?
Such great ideas! Anything to get them away from electronics and interact with humans. LOL I should practice that, as well!!
We play board games. In fact just finished playing another new one a few minutes ago!
Eating dinner at the table as a family (with no electronics) has always been real important to me. These are all great tips.
My teen loves having me listen to his music & watch videos with him. It’s not my style of music but I like spending time with him.
These are fantastic ideas! we have Family home evening every week. A night when all electronics are turned off and we spend the evening together discussing important topics; having family counsel, doing an activity and enjoying a dessert. Also we turn off electronics on weekends and spend the time together.
What great ideas! No kids here but I do have nieces and nephews so I will keep these in mind!
board games are my kids favorite thing to do with me!
These are such great tips. Spending quality time with your kids is so important because they just grow up so fast.
Thank you for these great ideas. I do most of then already but I’m always looking for new ways to spend time with my teenager! 🙂
I love doing fun community service project and delivering cookies. Brings out the best in all of us.
You have lots of great ideas! Quality time is such an important part of raising kids and sometimes we all need a reminder.
What fabulous ideas! Kids grow up so very fast and every moment is precious!
We are bad about eating a s a family. This is something that I will definitely be implementing!
Great ideas! We don’t get to eat family dinners together that often as we’re all on different schedules. It stinks.
We eat all of our meals together. It’s a rule. It’s one of the times that get to be together for sure.
Loved your tips… we all should spend a lot more time with our kids. I try to take them all out one by one on a mommy and me date.. enjoy them while you can, they grow up so fast