It is different at every
stage of life but here are a few ideas.
In the preschool years:
1.Play more, clean less!
2.Go on stroller rides
talking with your children. Point out
interesting things that you see.
Consider leaving your cellphone home sometimes.
At
preschool and elementary school ages:
3.Read lots of books
together.
4.Talk with your children
about anything they will talk with you about.
(This strategy will be needed in the teenage age years also).
5.Play I-Spy or similar
games when waiting at doctor’s and therapy appointment. Limit your child's acces to your phone or
any electronics to pass the time. This
will teach help them to interact with you. We used to
take a bag of library books while waiting at my daughter’s gymnastics
class. I was a rock star as all the
children there would come around as I read to my son. I also did lots of Where’s Waldo type seek
and find books with him. Looking back this was
so important for him to do things other than technology to entertain himself. It will play big dividends down the road. Also, consider cutting the amount of time that the dvd player is used if you have it in your car. It is another way to help your children interact with you since most of us spend a lot of time in our vehicles with our children. Teaching your
children to interact with you in the coming years, starts now.
