When You Need Quality Time With Your Child with Marissa K.

Marissa has a 15-year-old daughter, and even though they spend most of their time physically together as Marissa does her virtual work as a lawyer and her daughter does her virtual school, they don't get much quality time together. Marissa's daughter often wants to tell her something, but Marissa tends to be too busy to hear it in the moment. Marissa is looking for ways to let her daughter know that she loves her and prioritizes her without dropping the ball at work. Today, we talk about the power of scheduling. I note the importance of letting your child know how much quality time means to you (as opposed to just them), and I suggest the scheduling of breaks dedicated to quality time. I talk about the impact of putting these dates in planners, and I suggest that Marissa buys notebooks for each of them in which they can write what they want to tell each other. "You're doing this together, but you're doing it because it really matters to you. And that's the message that needs to come through most of all." - Sue Groner This week on The Parenting Mentor: Letting your child know how much you love them The power of scheduling The power of a different environment Meet the Parenting Mentor If you want to reduce the everyday stress and anxiety that inevitably come with parenting and learn to be a happier and more relaxed parent, then this is the place for you. Here, you can listen in on real sessions with parents who open up about the specific challenges they face with children from 2 to 22. Listen along and gain perspectives and strategies to help you parent with sanity and joy. Visit theparentingmentor.com for notes on this show, more episodes, and all the ways to subscribe, and don't forget to pick up my book, Parenting with Sanity and Joy: 101 Simple Strategies, which includes my Nine Golden Rules of Parenting. If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe and leave a review wherever you get your podcasts! Spotify I Stitcher I Apple Podcasts I iHeart Radio I TuneIn I Google Podcasts