Tuesday, December 13, 2011




Get Closer to Your Children: Treasure Hunt Game

Children are God's gift. Parents should take care and raise them but some people have different way to raise their kids. Thus, there is a gap between parents and children.

Raising children is parent's responsibility but some father and mother think that the best way to raise their children is to give them the best education and stuffs. That is why many parents spend most of their time to work. They forget to give their children love and affection.

The most common mistake in raising children is father usually leaves their children to their mother. He forgets that children also need father's love. This is the reason why there is a gap in relationship between father and children.

As a breadwinner father spends almost all of his time to work but this is not an excuse to leave their children without love and affection. Traditional gender roles in families has made this situation becomes worse.

Father often goes to his work room or his room to rest after working. Because of this situation, children do not really know about his father. Father has different understanding about their role. It is hard for them to put their affection and love in words.

Psychologists have studied about development of the children. This development is usually focused on relationship between mother and kids. They come to a new conclusion that father has an important and unique role in kids development. This role can be done by only playing with them.

The first step in every relationship is feeling. You need to show the feeling that you are interested to your child and want to be with them. Father should prepare this relationship before their children are born. A father who is interested with his wife's pregnancy will prepare their babies needs. He wants to touch his babies and so on. This situation indicates the father's will to get involved with his children.

When the babies grow up become toddlers, parents start to handle their two additional needs. They should support their children's exploration and to make a secure limit for them in order to give them safer space. Father has a special role by playing with them. It is said that children learn how to solve problems and getting involve with others from their father.

Father is not only playing with them but also provide them with safety besides entertaining them. Father usually supports them to explore their environment with their own strength. It will increase their confident and knowledge.

Father has bigger time portion to play with their kids than mother has. In their game, they are more active and energetic. Most of children love this kind of game. Even father has limited time than mother has; father has a particular role for their children through playing games. One of the games is treasure hunt game.

The first thing that you need to do is make a map. This map will be a guide to find you locate the treasure. After making the map, you need to determine what the treasure is. You can fill it with keys.

When you give the map to your children, you need to tell them the playing role. You can separate the clues into several clues. Since the key is made of metal, you can also teach them to use a metal detector. It will be a very delightful game. Your children will get new knowledge and you are closer to them. This game can be done in Sunday or your holiday.

After determining the treasure location and making the map, divide the clue into several steps. It will make you and your children have more quality time. You can use a metal detector in a clue. This detector can be used as a hint to find the clue. As the main present, you can give your children some gift such as their favorite foods or toys.



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