Real Mom Tips

When your children reach their teens, we as parents enter an unknown territory that we don’t know how to handle it, especially with our first child.

Watching your child changing from a polite, sweet child to having as stroppy attitude is a nightmare to every mum. Sometimes, parents forget what we were like when we were kids ourselves. It is only natural that part of growing up, the kids hormones would be all over the place. It would be a phase but you have to nip it in the bud before it gets worse, especially for those who have younger kids. You worry that younger kids will copy the older ones.

Talk to other parents and you’ll notice that you’re not alone. Give your kids seperate quality time. Try to find something to do together like walking your dog. If they speak to you show them you care, like for example if you’re doing the washing up and your child comes to tell you something, stop doing the task , turn to them and listen. By time you’ll notice a change and if the have a problem they will be more willing to open up with you.

Teens will be doing what is only natural for them and no different from any other teenager, they want to be treated as adults but they are really still kids.

In today’s modern world it seems that children are swapping childhood to playing computer games and watching tv and to top it up all the while eating sweets.

To persuade your child not to turn into a couch potato can cause daily tanturms. Most children are well behaved, have lots of friends and do well in school, but during their holidays they prefer to spent it holed up in their bedroom playing computer games or watching tv. Mostly they do sneaky trips to the kitchen to grab some sweets, making every parent concerned about their child’s weight and eating habits.

Speak to the children’s teacher and ask her if there is any particular subject which they like and try to be creative. Most children enjoy doing crafts so enroll your child in an arts and crafts club, thus helping them to improve the social and creativity skills.

Also get your child to join different clubs and ask them which they enjoyed doing. Instead of telling them to go, ask them, this way you help them do their own decisions and let them grow in their own talents.

Lastly try to swap sweets and biscuits to apples and grapes as they are more healthy and gives them more energy.

Trying to battle laziness, you’ll be desperatly trying to find something to spark your child’s interest, but once you’ll find out what your child really likes to do you’ll notice that they have fewer tanturms and they start going outside playing with their friends