Little children? Juggling the many daily chores for mum and dad may not be easy. Here's how to best manage your time with your family
Family time
Work, shopping, household chores and children completes the life of parents. As we know, it is often a constant struggle against time. The awareness of always having so many things to take care of and the feeling of not being able to keep up with everything. This can become a source of stress that risks threatening even the good moments lived in the family.
Here are some useful tips to better manage family time.
The expense? Better online
To optimize family management, a useful tip can also be to resort to the help of the web, a super assistant for parents struggling with a thousand tasks. If there is always too little time available to go to the supermarket, the ideal is to focus on online shopping.
A pastime all together
Finally, never forget to carve out some carefree time with the family. This is essential for everyone's well-being. For this it can be useful to think a little in advance of a fun activity to do on the weekend: A film with popcorn, a trip out of town, a pizza to prepare all together. Defining the program in advance will not run the risk of being "sucked in" by other commitments and you can count on a pleasant goal to face the week with a smile.
Homework VS free time
If the children go to school, it is good to determine precisely how to divide the afternoon time, between homework and free play. This way you will avoid arriving at dinner time with a math problem still to be solved or a backpack to prepare.
Menu planning
What are we going to eat tonight? It is one of the questions that can make parents in crisis the most during the week, when time is always short. Planning a weekly menu can also be of great help. Before doing the shopping, perhaps on the weekend, it is good to decide in advance what to bring to the table during the week. This will help you organize yourself better and avoid the stress of last-minute runs to whip up a quick dinner.
Household chores with children
Hanging out the clothes, setting the table or tidying up the drawers: why not turn these little chores into a pastime to share with the children? In fact, involving them in household activities is not only a way to share time together but it is also an excellent strategy to help them cultivate autonomy and self-esteem. The little ones will feel empowered and mum and dad will think about housework with less anxiety.
A family-friendly planning
Planning everything down to the smallest detail may initially seem like a stretch but it is actually a valid strategy to optimize time. The ideal is to create a real paper schedule - to hang perhaps in the kitchen - in which to mark all the things to do. Having everything in view helps you to respect the schedule more easily.
Marriage brings in lot of responsibilities. Be prepared to handle them to enjoy the sweetness in
matrimony.
