What are some of the ways in which you explain to kids that mom and dad need time alone, without feeling guilty about it?
A journalist, writing an article on having time alone and couple time when you have kids, asked me this question.
Parents will feel guilty only when they believe that they are doing something wrong by spending time alone and couple time without their children.
This is a false belief.
The truth is that children grow up far healthier emotionally when their parents are happy and fulfilled, even if it means that their parents spend less time with them. When parents understand that they are being good parents by talking loving care of themselves and their relationship, their children will understand this.
One way of helping children understand this is to introduce the concept of time alone very early in a childs life. By the time a child is three, he or she can easily understand the concept of time alone. If, each time you spend time alone with your child, you say, This is our time alone, your child will begin to understand the concept. When you have time to yourself, you can say, This is my time alone with myself. When you...
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