One mom mentioned that she was so busy, she realized that not only did she need to learn to relax, she needed to model “relaxation” to her kids. “I was modeling competency, and efficiency, but they hardly ever saw me sitting still!” She decided to read for twenty to thirty minutes in the evening, when and where her kids could see. Invariably one of her daughters would grab something to read and sit by her. They now have reading time together three nights a week. No interruptions, no television, completely unplugged reading time together. “I didn’t have this in mind when I started, and I never
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Reading time
