Is the after-school, after-work routine creating a crazy, chaotic homelife for your family? Will all the end-of-the-day pressures that descend on the typical family these days, it’s no wonder parents feel frazzled and out-of-control.
I’ve been parenting for over 2 decades and have 4 busy children. Here are my top 3 parenting tips for putting the calm back into your family’s evening routine.
1. Plan it out.
Sometimes chaos comes from everyone needing to unwind at once. Of course, your kids have very little maturity to deal with the fatigue and over-stimulation that comes with a typical day. As the parent, you have to be willing to delay your own need for calm and get the rest of the troops in line first. When your family has a sense of order and control, you’ll feel much calmer, too.
Start with planning out what needs to happen in your evening. Baths, homework, dinner, sports activities all need to be written down. If you attempt to do laundry or cleaning in the evening, write that down, too.
Next write down the amount of time each of those items takes to do (be honest and reasonable). Now add up the times and compare the total to what time […]

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