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Mother's Day Tips
How Mothers Can Organize the Good Life Through More Creative Parenting
Why not make this Mother's Day extra special by finding ways to celebrate your own children – who they are and who they are becoming? All it takes sometimes is a bit of creativity, doing new things with and for them. Then watch your mother-son, mother-daughter relationships grow deeper and richer.
"Mother's Days are usually all about Mom," says Celia Rocks, author of the book Organizing the Good Life: A Path to Joyful Simplicity – Home to Work & Back (Facts on Demand Press, 2001). "And that's fine. A great twist, however, would be to focus also on children, and make them feel that the family is celebrating them, too."
She offers these ideas for new parenting resolutions to her fellow moms everywhere:
- When you speak to your smaller children, try to get on their level – physically. Instead of talking to them from your own height, hunch down or sit on the floor or maybe put them up on a chair so they can have real eye contact while you're talking.
- Drive them to and from school whenever practical. Drive time is wonderful for getting kids to open up and let you know what's really on their minds. Be sure to be a good listener and not fill up the time with all the things that you have to say. Keep the radio off and repress your urges to get on your cell phone too. Remember: If you listen well to other people, they, in turn, will be ready to listen to you.
- Mommy and Me: One-on-One Time Between Children and Their Parents
- Turn on the Fun Without Turning on the TV
- Cost-Efficient Decorating: How to Jazz up Your Preschooler's Room and Stay Under Budget
- Forging a Partnership With Your Child's Teacher
- The Art of Family Dinners: Making Time to Connect With Your Children
- Recommended Reading List
- Talk about it!
