Why You Should Turn Off The TV And Start Crafting With Your Kids
The big question is why should you turn off the television and start crafting with your kids? Crafting with your kids will give you an opportunity to get to know them better, besides television is not a babysitter. Crafting with your kids’s instead of watching television allows that time for creativity, and staying busy. Also crafting with kids will teach them how to do for others instead of always being about them.
With the hustle and bustle of everyday life, having time for kids is almost impossible. Between homework, school, baths, and housework it is almost impossible to go without television. Who suffers? Trying to get everything done before bed time makes it easier with a television for the kids to keep them occupied. Our children suffer from attention from parents. Instead of watching television why not start crafting with children. From artwork, building things, scrapbooks will keep children occupied during what used to be television time. While children and their parents are doing crafts this gives an opportunity to talk about the day. You can learn so much just by sitting and asking questions. This lets your child know you care about their day, and that they are important. When the television is running no one is talking. This gives you a chance to sit down one on one and talk about everything keeping that bond stronger between the two of you.
Crafting also opens that door for creativity, and staying busy. By doing crafts instead of watching television, this gets your children off the couch and using their brains to stay occupied. You can go on nature walks and collect things out in the yard giving your child fresh air and quality time. This gives them some Vitamin D being out in the sunshine and fresh air and is also good for parents too. By not having television kids will learn how to occupy themselves for when you have to get something done. There are lots of crafts that can be done from jewelry making to stepping stones, these projects will continue to last and create that family decor in the house.
Crafting with your children can show them how to do for others instead of it always being about them. Once children start school life seems to be all about them, and they don’t worry about others. With crafting you can give them a project for the community or a rest home. Not only will this make them think of others it will take the television time. When children do crafts they rarely make something for themself.
In conlusion, crafting with your children and turning off the televison is a really good idea. Yes children will cry and whine, however once they get through the withdrawal period, their minds will be open to spending more quality time with you. Then you will wonder how you had so much time to watch television. This spending time with your kids will give you an oppotunity to keep those bonds growing instead of becoming strangers to one another. Think of how much money you will save by not having the television running twenty four seven. This will give you more money to spend more quality time.
Marley Martinerin is a regular contributor to a number of sites and writes articles about such topics as antique beading, and beading wedding.
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