The New Year gives us all the opportunity to start afresh.\u00a0 We can leave behind the previous year, and look forward to the one approaching with a clean slate.<\/p>\n
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Many people make New Years resolutions \u2013 but how can these relate to our children and our families in general?<\/p>\n
For children, making New Years resolutions can be very beneficial.\u00a0 It is well known that there is little more satisfying in life than setting \u2013 and reaching \u2013 attainable goals.\u00a0 Children\u2019s New Years resolutions could include learning a martial art, joining a dance troupe or an art class, or even learning to play a musical instrument.<\/p>\n
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However, it is important not to make children feel under pressure.\u00a0 The modern life of a child is already a fairly stressful one \u2013 the last thing children need is to feel as though they must meet their goals perfectly.\u00a0 Rather than rigid goals (like \u201cI will always share with my siblings\u201d or \u201cI will always do my homework on time\u201d), see New Years resolutions as an opportunity for your children to explore exciting new opportunities.<\/p>\n
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The New Year is also a great time to focus on making positive changes within your family unit.\u00a0 This year, alongside your usual resolutions, why not make some group resolutions as a family? Following are some simple suggestions.<\/p>\n
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With today\u2019s busy lifestyle, it is hard to find time to spend together as a family.\u00a0 Quality time is so important \u2013 not just for the children, but for the entire family unit.\u00a0 Forget about trying to find<\/em> the time, because it won\u2019t happen \u2013 you have to make<\/em> time.\u00a0 It can seem impossible sometimes when you\u2019re contending with long working hours, school and other commitments, but it\u2019s important to carve out regular time to spend together. A few hours of dedicated, quality time each week is a must for happy families.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n We live in an age where communicating has never been easier.\u00a0 Email, texting, social networking and phone calls have all but replaced good old face-to-face conversation. Your older children may spend the majority of their time talking to their friends over electronic devices, rather than having real-life chats.\u00a0 Set an example as a family and agree together to make more effort to really talk to one another, and to your own friends and relatives.\u00a0 The art of conversation is at risk of being lost within our digital age \u2013 keep it alive in your family.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The aforementioned technological advances can also have an impact on our time spent together as a family, without even realising it.\u00a0 You may be in the same room as your family, but while you are, how many of you are tapping away at your phones? How many of you are watching a television?\u00a0 When you manage to snatch some valuable quality time with your nearest and dearest, put the screens away and be present in the moment with each other.\u00a0 You don\u2019t want your children\u2019s memories of you to be a face buried in a smartphone.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The New Year gives us all the opportunity to start afresh.슠 We can leave behind the previous year, and look forward to the one approaching with a clean slate. Many people make New Years resolutions but how can these relate to our children and our families in general? For children, making New Years resolutions … Continue reading “New Years Resolutions: A Fresh Start for the Whole Family”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-173","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-parents"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nannyjob.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nannyjob.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nannyjob.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nannyjob.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nannyjob.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=173"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.nannyjob.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nannyjob.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=173"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nannyjob.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=173"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nannyjob.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=173"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Less screens, more conversation<\/h2>\n
Be present with one another<\/h2>\n