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Quality time and why it needs to be a priority


"Quality time" is described as  time that you spend with friends, family members or anyone in your social circle. It's time that you spend doing things together, like talking, playing sports together, or going out somewhere together.

One of the easiest ways to make more time for loved ones is turning off the TV.  The average amount of time that both parents spend in meaningful conversation with their children is 39 minutes a week. It is pretty  obvious what the choice is if you need to spend more time with your spouse and your kids. Instead of watching TV, read together, play board games together, taking nature or park walks together, or just sitting and talking face to face.

Realizing this, this is why we have to priotize spending quality time with the children in our lives. By doing so it:

1. Builds children’s self-esteem
Children who spend time with their parents participating in activities together, builds  a positive sense of esteem and self-worth,making them feel valued by their parents, they feel more positive about themselves and feeling  worthy. Family activities don’t have to be expensive trips to be meaningful. It is more about being together. You could go for a bike ride or play a game together and that would be enough. 

2. Strengthens family bonds
Families who share everyday activities together i.e hobbies, sports, books,movies, form  strong, emotional ties. Studies have shown that families who enjoy group activities together share a stronger emotional bond as well as an ability to adapt well to situations as a family. 

3. Develops positive behaviors  
Children and adolescents who spend more time with their parents are less likely to get involved in risky behaviour. According to studies done by the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse via Arizona State University, teens who have infrequent family dinners are twice as likely to use tobacco, nearly twice as likely to use alcohol and one and a half times more likely to use marijuana.

Children who frequently eat with their families also usually have improved dietary intake compared to those who don’t eat as often with family members.

4.Encourages communication
When you spend time with your children you are cultivating an environment for open communication. Good communication is important for  children to feel safe and comfortable with talking and confiding in you about anything perhaps even everything! 

5. Help a child’s academic performance
Spending time helping your children with schoolwork or reading together, especially in their early years, fosters  an environment that values academics. If your child feels comfortable coming to you with schoolwork, they are more likely to perform better academically.

6. Help your children learn about friendship, connection, communication
Children learn by example. If you are setting a good example for them by spending quality time together, they are more likely to apply those behaviours in other relationships in their lives. Simple things like playing games together will help them understand more about interacting with others as well as teach them things like sharing and kindness.

More  importantly, family time means you can just have fun and enjoy each others company! You’ve still got a little bit of time left before the children go back to school so make the most of it this weekend and do something together.

Those  are part of the pillars of Emotional Intelligence and building it is part of the process.

CreaTee will be conducting two different workshops. One in December and one in January Me.Reka space is hosting CreaTee at their Powered by Giving event where we will be conducting our t-shirt design  workshop on Saturday December 21 and Sunday 22 December 2019. Powered by Giving is in conjuction blood drive donation with various workshops. To register, click here.  https://www.mereka.my/events/poweredbygiving-createe

If you are busy this year end, there is another workshop on January 19, 2019 / Sunday. This is a collaboration with Bela Magazine to organize t-shirt design workshop at Tuanku Bainun Children Creative Center, TTDI. This workshop is a parent and child workshop. To register, click here. CreaTee_BelaMagazine

There is very limited space available. Join in the fun and we look forward to meeting you at either of these workshops.

 

 

 

 



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  • Greta James on

    It is good to know that spending time with parents can keep children from getting involved in risky behavior. We have not had a family outing in several months, and I miss having quality time with the kids. I would like to find something fun for us to do as a family this coming weekend. https://ltanimalpark.com/home/


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