| Do you and your child enjoy each other's | | | | When introducing playful parenting in the home, |
| company? If you are one of those parents who | | | | you should not forget to lay down the rules first. |
| get along well with their children, then you are on | | | | Just because you want to establish a carefree |
| the right track. According to experts, playful | | | | atmosphere in the home doesn't mean that you |
| parenting is one of the best ways to keep a good | | | | and your kids will not have any rules to live by. |
| open relationship with your children. When both | | | | Since playful parenting relies so much on the |
| you and your children are able to relax and have | | | | harmony and balance in the home, rules are very |
| fun together, there are lesser chances of friction | | | | important. However, when setting the rules, you |
| and stress in the home. | | | | should not let your children feel that you are |
| Studies show that playful parenting gives a | | | | setting some hard and fast rules but rather |
| relaxed and carefree atmosphere in the home. | | | | something that all of you should be do to keep |
| Such an atmosphere is very important in shaping | | | | the harmony in the home. |
| the character of the child. Where the child is | | | | Setting the rules with your children should be a |
| carefree, he or she becomes more confident and | | | | participatory process. If your kids are still very |
| even-tempered. Children coming from happy | | | | young, establish your rules through examples. |
| homes are usually more sociable and can relate to | | | | Verbal instructions are usually lost on very young |
| their peers easily. | | | | kids so your better teach them through actions. |
| Playful parenting takes out the stress in the home. | | | | Very young kids love to imitate the things that |
| Since the child is less exposed to stress, he or | | | | they see or hear so it would not be much trouble |
| she is less likely to develop illnesses that are | | | | to show them through actions as to how things |
| commonly associated with stress. On the other | | | | should be in the home. When your kids grow |
| hand, because the parents also enjoy the | | | | older, they will easy adapt to the rules in the |
| company of their children, the parents will also | | | | house. As long as kids do not feel that they are |
| benefit a lot if they employ playful parenting to | | | | forced to so some things around the house, they |
| raise their children. | | | | usually cooperate. |
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