{"id":5560,"date":"2014-08-15T14:00:27","date_gmt":"2014-08-15T19:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/happyyouhappyfamily.com\/?p=5560"},"modified":"2024-01-14T08:20:55","modified_gmt":"2024-01-14T14:20:55","slug":"happy-day-with-your-kids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/happyyouhappyfamily.com\/happy-day-with-your-kids\/","title":{"rendered":"7 Musts for Having a Good Day With Your Child, Backed by Science"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Inside: These steps are scientifically proven to give your kids (and by extension you) an awesome, happy day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My big girl starts first grade in just over one week<\/em>. So that delicious feeling at the start of the summer where you have nothing to do and all the time in the world to do it in?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gone.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In its place, we have 7:00 am departures breathing down our necks. Early bedtime, which means an early dinner, which means next to zero<\/strong> fun free time as a family on weeknights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And…HOMEWORK.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To prolong the magic of summer, I took a day off work during our last week with our oldest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I wanted to do something special with the girls, but I didn’t want to swing too far<\/strong> in the other direction of overscheduling us, turning me into That Mom<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Kids, hurry up! We need to have fun NOW!”<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

How can you have a wonderfully happy day with your kids, instead of wasting the day in your jammies watching The LEGO Movie<\/a> and belting out Everything Is Awesome<\/a>…OR scheduling so much fun that you forget to enjoy yourselves?<\/p>\n\n\n