Less Holiday Stress for Children

Holiday Stress

Tips For Reducing Stress For Children

- Take the children to an afternoon matinee where they can enjoy the fun and excitement of chewing gum, drinking pop, and eating all that buttery popcorn. And, while their enthralled in the movie, you can catch forty winks.

- Venture out in the local park for a nice brisk walk, or a snowball fight (assuming you have snow, of course). You can walk until they drop, and who knows, you might just find yourself invigorated to launch into that supper preparation when you get home.

- Get out your old box of Lego you've been stashing away just for this occasion. There's nothing better than sitting for hours crossed legged on the floor and building that dream castle you've always wanted to design.

- Tell a story. You must have a story that you can embellish for the next few hours. Keep talking til they all fall asleep, then you can sneak out to the kitchen for a nice, hot cup of tea.

- Remember that train set, the one in the far corner of the basement that everyone refuses to use. Well, here's the time to revive the vitality of that smell of electric motors as its wheels scratch along those rusted tracks. If you use it long enough, the tracks may start to develop a nice sheen.

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