People usually think family stress comes from who everyone is, how they’re feeling, or simply not having enough hours in the day, yet family experts who work with daily patterns find that stress also increases when all the things you do regularly aren’t organized. It’s not typically that things are incredibly hard every day for…
Lots of families feel like tomorrow’s troubles are beginning by the time today is over. Lunch hasn’t been made, important papers are lost, what everyone will wear is still a question, and the morning is already looking hard before it’s even happened. What’s behind this for a lot of families isn’t a lack of trying,…
Family mornings are so stressful as a lot of things are happening at the same time. Kids have to get out of bed, get clothes on, have something to eat, get everything for school and go from home to wherever they’re going for the rest of the day, and they usually have to do all…
How you do things at bedtime has a way of affecting quite a lot, not just what happens right before a child falls asleep. Doctors who specialize in children have repeatedly found that having the same things happen every evening helps kids sleep better, manage their feelings, and have an easier time with the next…
People often talk about family meals as something we do because it’s a tradition, but doctors who specialize in kids are starting to see them as a really useful way for families to talk to each other, have a rhythm to their day, and help their kids grow. Most families aren’t wondering if meals are…