The Secrets to Happy Parents, Happy children, and Cleaner Homes
What does it take to be a happy parent, raise happy kids, and in the right environment? Use any of our below tips to effect the changes you need to attain these inspiring goals.
Secrets to Happy Parenting
1. Be less controlling
Absolute control over all aspects of family life is harmful. It fuels conflict within the family and couple and eventually leads to stress and depression. You must learn to let go as early as possible in your parenting life!
2. Take responsibility
Yes, your mother gave you tough love, your boss refuses to understand your reality, and your sister-in-law is not as available as she had promised to be. The list of things to blame can be very long when you have put it there! Faced with the vagaries of life and your disappointments, don't always blame others. Own your mistakes.
3. Do not fear
Becoming parents can indeed be scary with all the responsibilities and expectations that come with children. But if you are a good person, with a lot of love in your heart, and a strong will, you have all it takes to be a parent. You are fantastic!
4. Set reasonable goals
We all want to be rock star moms: be there, give all the care required, feed the whole family, support the children in their development and schooling, etc., while being gentle, patient, smiling. To be a happy parent, you have to learn to choose your battles and set reasonable expectations.
Recipe for Happy Children
1. Random plays
Free, unstructured play allows kids to develop their resilience, their ability to negotiate and solve problems, and self-control. This fun education has the merit of providing future adults with a state of mind capable of fighting stress by promoting refocusing and confidence in their abilities.
2. Be open
Authentic parents do not hide their emotions but learn to verbalize them in front of the children while developing an empathetic listening for their human environment. Authenticity also means avoiding "empty" labels, compliments, and congratulations but instead favoring non-judgmental observation of children's efforts and intentions and offering signs of sincere and total attention.
3. Trust and positive vibes
Always believe that your children are naturally good. This optimism has a great virtue: it modifies the emotions felt. Indeed, training to see the glass half full instead of getting stuck on the problem and allows you to cultivate pleasant feelings, a pledge of mental and physical well-being for the whole family and throughout life.
4. Teach empathy
Empathy is essential for kids. This involves understanding others, being interested in them, respecting their weaknesses, which makes us feel closer to each other because it strengthens ties and inspires solidarity.
Tips for Cleaner Homes
1. Clean on the go
Instead of always pushing back to the following day, it is important to clean your house as soon as it needs cleaning. Do the dishes after dinner. Empty the trash every morning. Create a cleaning routine to avoid the build-up of dirt and mold.
2. Choose the right household products
Use products proven to be less harmful to the home as well as to the environment. For your tiles, you need a tile cleanerthat is only moderately abrasive to remove stains while preserving the shimmer of the surfaces. Olive oil may also help clean sticky residues on wood and polished steel surfaces.
3. Pay special attention to grouts
Even the most rigorous tile-cleaning procedure can leave the grouts begging for more attention. Equip yourself with up-to-date information on how to clean grout and the best products and techniques. If they are not appropriately, cleaned grouts can host mold, mildew, and bacteria.
4. Create the proper storage
Adapt your storage solution according to the design of the rooms in your home. The storage must be designed for the person who will be using it. For instance, if you are petite, it is ideal to have things in the kitchen within reach.
5. Always clean top to bottom
Caught in the anxiety of the moment, most of us tend to clean within the eye level. That is not a helpful reflex. Cleaning must always be done top to bottom. Otherwise, dirt and dust will fall on places that you have already cleaned. Also, remember to follow the same advice for your floors, so you don't step on cleaner areas.
Happy parenting!