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Spending time together with your children is a great opportunity to create and support their healthy and positive thinking.

1. It builds your child’s self-esteem: it helps them build a positive sense of self-worth and be more positive about themselves because they are being valued by their parents.
2. It strengthens family bonds: Studies have found that families who enjoy group activities together share a stronger emotional bond as well as an ability to adapt well to situations together.
3. It develops positive behaviors: Children and adolescents who spend more time with their parents are less likely to get involved in risky behaviors.
4. It encourages communication: When you spend time with your children you are fostering an environment for open communication. It can help make your children comfortable talking to you about anything.
5. It helps your child’s academic performance: helping your children with schoolwork or reading together, especially in their early years, will foster an environment that values academics.
6. It can help your children become good friends: Children learn by example. Once you set a good example for them by spending quality time together, they are more likely to adopt those behaviors in other relationships in their lives.¹

Dr. Riad Moubarak

Paediatrcian

¹The Importance of Spending Time Together, August 18, 2017Blogbehaviour, benefits of spending time with children, communication, family time, positive parenting, self-esteem, time together

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