Relationship Builders for Parents and Kids

• Read together
  
  
• Snuggle
  
  
• Play a game
  
  
• Write a love note and leave it on his/her pillow or in his/her lunchbox
  
  
• Comment on the great things he/she does
  
  
• At bedtime, ask your child "What was your favorite part of today?"
  
  
• Go to a movie and discuss it afterward
  
  
• Go for a walk
  
  
• LISTEN!
  
  
• Read the comics together
  
  
• Go for an ice cream cone together
  
  
• Be fully present for your child. 
  
  
• Take your child a fast food lunch and eat lunch with him/her at school
  
  
• Go to the beach
  
  
• Volunteer in your child's classroom - it will help you understand more about your child's day
  
  
• Draw together
  
  
• Giggle
  
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