Top Five Reasons Why Family Fun Time is Important

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Top 5 Reasons Why Family
Fun Time Is Important
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• In todays fast-paced world,
• where both parents often work and after-school
  hours are packed with sports, music lessons and
  other extra-curricular activities

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• its easy to let family fun time fall by the
  wayside in favor of frenetic schedules.

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• However, family activities and traditions are
  perhaps more important now than ever.

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• Dont let this vital and fun part of your
  family life slip away

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• make a point of scheduling time together into
  yours and your kids jam-packed schedules.

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• Here are 5 of the many reasons why.

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• FAMILY BONDS

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• Time spent together just having fun is associated
  with kids and parents forming stronger emotional
  bonds, and it doesnt have to be a major trip or
  expensive outing.

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• Just a simple picnic at the park, a trip to watch
  the stars at a local observatory

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• a family bike ride around the neighborhood can
  be just as beneficial (if not as thrilling!) as a
  trip to Disney World.

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• When you take time out of your hectic schedule to
  relax, hang out and laugh with your kids, it
  shows them that theyre important to you and you
  enjoy being with them.

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• Kids who spend leisure hours with their parents
  are more likely to turn to them for advice or
  seek them out when theyre having problems.

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• FROM BETTER MANNERS TO BETTER GRADES

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• Youngsters who spend quality hours as a family
  have been found to perform better academically,
  be more compassionate and even learn better
  manners.

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• Whether youre taking the kids out for an ice
  cream cone, going on a family sledding expedition
  or just watching a movie

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• Whether youre taking the kids out for an ice
  cream cone, going on a family sledding expedition
  or just watching a movie

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• there are so many chances to teach manners,
  talk about values and even to show by example how
  to deal with things when they dont go as planned.

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• After all, as one mom put it, I tell my kids
  that the bumps in the road arent bumps, they are
  the road.

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• Kids can learn to navigate them with kindness and
  humor.

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• BETTER COMMUNICATION WITH MOM AND DAD

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• When youngsters engage in fun activities with
  their family, more open communication tends
• to develop

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• and when kids feel free to talk more openly
  with their parents, they tend to get in less
  trouble.

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• Something as simple as playing a friendly game of
  catch or splashing around in the pool

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• can lay the groundwork for a more connected
  relationship between you and your kids.

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• In a time when people of all ages tend to become
  a bit isolated by more technological modes of
  communicating like the Internet and texting

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• just getting out and playing as a family can
  set the ground for super inter-family
  communication.

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• ENHANCED SELF-ESTEEM

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• Whether its a family tradition of

• Driving around to ooh and ah over Christmas
  lights.

• An annual shell collecting expedition to the
  beach.

• A Jack-o-Lantern carving ritual.

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• Times spend having fun as a family hone a childs
  all-important sense of belonging, of being loved.

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• When parents like hanging out with them, kids get
  the notion that theyre people of value, that
  their talents, personalities and opinions are
  important.

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• Youngsters who grow up feeling secure of their
  place in the world gain a strong foundation of
  confidence

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• and self-esteem that will serve them well on
  the sometimes rocky road to growing up.

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• BETTER TIMES IN THE TERRIBLE TEENS

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• Teens who have grown up spending active family
  time with parents often have fewer behavioral
  problems in these tough years.

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• In spite of the fact that they may act like they
  dont care about hanging out with you and may
  pass up family time for a get-together
• with friends

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• parents should keep scheduling special time and
  not take it too much to heart if it doesnt
  always work out.

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• After all, kids often need their parents the most
  just when theyre acting like they couldnt care
  less.

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• Last but not least, family fun time is just plain
  fun, for you and your kids.

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• There's not a lot more heart warming than hearing
  your child say "remember how we always....?"

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• You're a parent who makes their children a
  priority - keep up the good work by providing the
  best after-school care possible.

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• Maplewood Country Day Camp in Easton MA is the
  perfect fun and safe place for your kids after
  school.

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• Visit the site at

http//www.maplewoodyearround.com
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• Maplewood Country Day Camp Enrichment Center
• 150 Foundry St. (Route 106)
• PO Box 88 (Mailing)
• South Easton, MA 02375
• Email info_at_maplewoodyearround.com
• Telephone [phone]
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