I always spend time with my children. But I don't think I am spending enough quality time with them. Worse, most of the time I do my work in front of PC, while having my son to do his homework beside me. When he talked to me, I told him to keep quiet and concentrate on his work, so that I could concentrate on my work too. I have no choice, especially when I need to rush my work or when I need to study.
I know some people, for the whole day, punching her iphone either sms or email while spending time with kids... Guiding them to do homework should not be considered as spending quality time together too...the same can be said if we just spend time watching a movie together.... Spending quality time means be there, to give them full concentration and to do something they like..
Yesterday, I decided to spend quality time with my son. We started by cycling around the park ...
Then we played "paper aeroplane" together.... It was just a simple game to see who could throw the plane longest distance..
Finally we ended up playing football.. I wished my daughter is there but she was having a nap.
All in all, that was an enjoyable hour well spent. If you want to spent quality time with your kids, I recommend that you put aside your iphone, ipad, galaxy pad, etc.... With those gadget and distraction, no way we can spend quality time. I can tell that kids just want my simple attention and that simple 50 min brings a lot of happiness to him.
I wish that I can continue to do this at least once every week.... preferably with my daughter and their mum next week!