Bonding Time with Children
Did you ever looked at your child and told yourself, “My child is growing up so fast!”. One moment, your child is very clingy to you, not wanting to be separated to you at school and then one day you see your child almost shoving you away and running to his classmates.
I can notice my son Nicky is becoming independent. He’s only 3 but he wants to eat on his own and take a bath on his own. He wants to comb his hair. One part of me is happy because I know that my son is developing well but one part of me is a little sad because my baby is quickly growing into an independent boy.
My 7-year-old girl Fifi doesn’t hug me and her Dad as she was very fond of doing when she was around 3 years old. I wonder how it will be with my 3-year old son when he turns 7? He’s still very sweet to us, always cuddling, always wanting to be with us but I know that children grow up so fast these days and I want to make the most of every time that we are together.
Before my babies turn into a big children I want to spend as much time with him as possible. Bonding time with my kids is just having conversations with them, laughing with them and playing make-believe games with them. When I’m home, I think of “Let’s pretend” games and my kids really enjoy them.
Once, we were firefighters saving a little child trapped inside a room. Some days I was a doctor and Fifi was my assistant and Daddy and Nicky are our patients. On some days, we just play with our dogs outside the house. When I still have the time and energy in the afternoon, I don’t leave my son playing alone with his toys. (Fifi arrives home later). We go out. When my husband comes home, we try to do outdoor activities as much as we can.
We try to do things with our kids as much as we can because we know kids today grow up really fast. It will not be long when our son will park his toy cars at home for baseball games with other kids. It will not be long when our little princess will go out with her girlfriends and hang out in the mall. Before that time comes, we want to bond with our children whenever there’s an opportunity.
So how do you bond with your children?