Connect With Your Kids in Just 15 Minutes a Day

Strategies to Help Busy Parents Build Strong Parent-Child Relationships

By Jennifer Wolf, About.com Guide

Unfortunately, between working as many hours as you do, and all the other responsibilities that fill your days and nights, you may feel like your not really connecting with your kids. While this certainly feels discouraging, "fixing" the problem doesn't have to take up hours of your already-limited free time. Here are some practical tips to connect with your kids of all ages in just 15 minutes per day.

Play Together
Reconnect with your kids simply by playing with them. If your kids are fairly young, get down on the floor together and work a puzzle or play a board game. If you have older kids, play their favorite video game together. This is a great way to supervise the content of their video games while also spending time together and giving yourselves a healthy dose of togetherness.