The
holidays are finally here!
Summer
vacations, trips back home, family time, and travel to exotic locations. While
all of the above sounds exciting and fun, if you are not well prepared, they
can prove to be stressful as well.
So here
are our top tips to enjoy stress-free holiday with your family:
1. Plan
in advance.
Children
need something to do, something that stimulates them and excites them. Just
sightseeing or tagging along for a shopping trip sounds extremely boring to
them. Instead make a fun experience out of the same outing. Let them lead the
way for you or talk to you about where you're headed. Get them to do some
research in advance and take on the role of a guide or explorer. By giving them
this responsibility, you are just turning a potentially boring trip for them
into a fun learning experience.
2. Set
some goals
A fun
way to engage the children is to sit together as a family and set some holiday
goals for each of you. Make sure the goals are achievable, realistic and
measurable. Set goals for yourself too and work on them everyday. When the
children see you working on your goals, it inspires them to work on theirs too.
3.
Encourage the children to read.
Holidays
and travel are a great time to read. SoulKids books provide a wealth of
wonderful stories, which not just intrigue their interest but also serve as a
wonderful conversation starter. The stories in SoulKids books help you to coach
and mentor your children even whilst on holiday.
The
SoulKids® books support the children to earn essential life skills such as self-confidence, self-esteem,
teamwork, leadership and resilience.
You
will be able to relate to the stories as you travel and explain the lessons
with real life situations.
For
example one story teaches about seeing the good in every situation – this could
apply to many situations whilst travelling.
4. Start
each holiday morning on a positive note.
Switch your thinking from 'what can go wrong' to 'what an exciting new experience, I’ll make
the most of it'.
This
way you transmit your positivity to your children and create for them the
opportunities to see positive thinking in action.
5.
Remember holidays are meant for rest and rejuvenation, whilst having fun.
It is
a well-deserved time-off not just for you but for the children as well. Make it
your goal to create happy memories.
After all " the quality of what you do is more
important than how much you do."
