{"id":2773,"date":"2020-03-12T09:28:15","date_gmt":"2020-03-12T15:28:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forvidas.org\/blogmg\/?p=2773"},"modified":"2020-03-12T09:32:32","modified_gmt":"2020-03-12T15:32:32","slug":"spring-break-time-connect-with-your-kids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forvidas.org\/blogmg\/?p=2773","title":{"rendered":"Spring Break Time\u2014Connect with Your Kids!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Spring Break means great opportunities to connect and build better relationships with your children or grandchildren.\u00a0 I can\u2019t think of a better environment to truly connect than when school is out and you are spending light-hearted, fun time with the kiddos.\u00a0 Click on this article by Clem Boyd, published by Focus on the Family, to get a great resource for the how-to\u2019s of building relationship with your children. https:\/\/www.focusonthefamily.com\/parenting\/build-relationship-with-your-child\/<\/a>\u00a0 He emphasizes: pray, get into their space, keep it real, enjoy family time, do projects together, and be silly. He includes age appropriate ideas.<\/p>\n

When choosing activities for Spring Break, movies are fun, but not interactive with your children.\u00a0 Make sure to include outings where you can engage in conversation with your kids. Also, don\u2019t shy away from including their friends, as this can give you even better insight to their world and perceptions. \u00a0Indoor games along with household projects and family mealtime can also be great opportunities. Don\u2019t let these precious years go by without building these relationships and inputting into your kids\u2019 lives.\u00a0 They want to be heard and understood by you.\u00a0 Your effort in attempting to close the communication gap will be time well spent!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Spring Break means great opportunities to connect and build better relationships with your children or grandchildren.\u00a0 I can\u2019t think of a better environment to truly connect than when school is out and you are spending light-hearted, fun time with the kiddos.\u00a0 Click on this article by Clem Boyd, published by Focus on the Family, to<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":2774,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2773","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forvidas.org\/blogmg\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2773","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forvidas.org\/blogmg\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forvidas.org\/blogmg\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forvidas.org\/blogmg\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forvidas.org\/blogmg\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2773"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/forvidas.org\/blogmg\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2773\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2776,"href":"https:\/\/forvidas.org\/blogmg\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2773\/revisions\/2776"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forvidas.org\/blogmg\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2774"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forvidas.org\/blogmg\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2773"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forvidas.org\/blogmg\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2773"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forvidas.org\/blogmg\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2773"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}