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