08.05.2019 - By Global News / Curiouscast
It is not our job to entertain our children. Repeat, it is not our job to entertain our children. Many parents are feeling the pressure to pull off the perfect summer but parenting expert Alyson Schafer says we need to let go of the guilt and instead, help our children learn the skill of self-entertainment. Schafer is our guest this week on Family Matters. On top of her pep-talk, she is also providing us with a script to follow the next time we hear the dreaded words “I’m bored.”
And blogger Kyla Cornish confesses that it was out of pure desperation that she launched a new tradition in her household, the Summer of Squares. She says she stands by her decision to tell the world she hates summer break, through this post on her blog Mommy’s Weird. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.