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Back-to-School Traditions for You to Start

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There are many different feelings associated with that back-to-school time of year. Whether you dread it or love it, there are ways to make it more fun and meaningful for the whole family. Back to school traditions provide positive associations that can ease the transition for your kids, year after year. Here are some back to school traditions to start!

Back To School Traditions

Back To School Traditions

Help kids in need

Back To School Traditions

While you’re filling backpacks for your own kids, start a tradition to fill up a backpack or two to donate to a local shelter or low-income school. There are so many kids who don’t have the supplies they need. Make it a fun tradition to let your kids plan out what needs to go in the backpack, and then let them help you shop.

Have a back-to-school feast 

Back To School Traditions

Many families enjoy holding a back-to-school feast for the whole family to celebrate all the good things the new school year holds. This can be done the night before, or the evening of the first day. It’s a time to make the kids feel special and let them share how the first day went. Let them help plan the menu. You can even toast to a fun year with non-alcoholic sparkling cider!

Personalized pencils 

Back To School Traditions

Another fun way to celebrate the start of a new school year is to give your kids personalized pencils. You can order them at Amazon for less than $1 per pencil. Your kids will enjoy having their own, clearly marked pencils to start each year.

Parents only

Back To School Traditions

This is a fun one for parents–once the kids are off on the first day, celebrate with a parents-only breakfast. Whether you go out to your favorite brunch spot or just enjoy some time on the patio, it’s a great way kick off your first kid-free hours. No one will argue that you deserve it!

Before you go, check out this post on super simple tips for school picture day!

Things To Do With The Kids Before They Go Back To School

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Need some ideas for things to do with the kids before they go back to school? Summer will be over before you know it, but that doesn’t stop the days from feeling a little long. If the kids are feeling bored, now is a good time to get in some last-minute fun before the regular schedule picks up again.

Family Relationships: Ideas To Create A Strong Sibling Bond

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Family relationships are undoubtedly the most important thing in life. So as parents, it’s important to help your kids create a strong sibling bond–one that will carry them through life’s ups and downs. Strong sibling bonds that carry through life help your kids as they age, start families of their own, and help see them through after you’re gone. Let’s talk about some ideas to help create a strong sibling bond that will last.

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Ideas To Create A Strong Sibling Bond

Let’s start by saying that we aren’t preaching perfect sibling relationships here. We all know there will be plenty of times when the kids argue over stuff, tease each other, and have misunderstandings. But it is still very possible to create a strong sibling bond amidst the conflicts. The idea is for the all the fun times to more than balance out the not so fun times. Studies show that siblings who ignore each other and have no meaningful interaction as they age, are the siblings who maintain that distance as adults. So the sibling fights are better than not interacting at all!

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Here are some ideas to create a strong sibling bond:

  • Notice the types of activities that tend to get your kids involved in playing and hanging out with other, and encourage more of those activities.
  • On days that the kids aren’t getting along so well, suggest an activity that you know both of them enjoy. Or get them in the car with you to go and enjoy some time at the park. create a strong sibling bond | family relationships | siblings | sibling bond | family | families | sibling relationships | relationships | parenting | parenting tips
  • When one child has a game or recital or other event, make it a family event. This encourages all the siblings to support each other in everything they do.
  • Give your kids projects or chores that need two or three of them to work together. This helps create a strong sibling bond as they help each other to accomplish a job.
  • When your kids are playing happily together, don’t make them stop if you don’t have to! Let them play well together as often as they will.

It takes some effort to help create a strong sibling bond among your children. But if you also make the most of family time it helps create those strong bonds. It’s one of the most worthwhile things you can do as a parent!