Balance Between Crafts and Games
For the youth of today, it’s easy to forget how to appreciate the fine art of crafts making. Compared to just a few decades ago when they are easily encouraged to try out crafts like woodcarving or clay sculpting, this generation is attracted to the more colorful and vivid video games. A number of you, my fellow parents, would try to fight this by denying them of their video games altogether; I implore you to reconsider if this is what you are planning to do.
We all know that having them make crafts is a more productive use of their time, but denying them what they have grown to enjoy is only going to estrange your kids from you. Instead of denying them their time with video games, try at least understanding what it is that they find enjoyable about them; be involved in what they like doing. But at the same time, get them involved in crafts, even if they don’t spend as much time with it as you would like.
Explain to them that it is a give and take process. You’ll let them play their video games, but they, in turn, should spend even just an hour or two a week with you. And spend this time honing their skills at making crafts. Watch the sunset together as you carve that wooden sculpture. It’s okay to be on the go, but tell your child that one must not forget to relax and take a moment to appreciate life.
Remember; forcing them to spend time with you is a mistake. In these formative years, that naturally prefers their friends to your company. The important thing is for them to feel that if all else fails, they can always return to whence they came. It would also be wise to make sure they have good friends, too.
Children, no matter how close they are to adulthood, would want to have the ability to return to their roots. Even those who are much older look for that from time to time. If they remember you as the parent who understood what they want, returning will be without burden.
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