Help Your Children Slow Down

• Start a "no technology time" in your home. Turn off the computers, DVDs, TVs, cell phones, etc. Let your children get "bored" because that is where creativity starts.
  
• Reserve one night a week as Family Night. Watch a movie and eat popcorn. Keep it simple. Just be together.
• Create a "Quiet Time" for 15 minutes a day. Set a timer for your younger children.
• Make weekends a time to rest and recharge for the week ahead.

Reference: Doe, Mimi. Busy But Balanced. New York: St. Martin's Griffin, 2003.

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