From the article: Balance Your Children and Married Life
Your kids are quietly playing. You and your spouse seize the opportunity for grown-up conversation.
That's when one of your children wants to talk about the colors of the rainbow. The other has a full-blown meltdown after pouring his milk on the dog.
How do you balance your children and your marriage? Share Your Secrets
Date Night, Dueling Movies & Video Games
- I'm a homeschooler and my husband works at home, too, so we've had to really work at finding time alone as a couple. What's worked very well for us is a mix of things: date nights every Saturday, occasional nights where they watch a movie in one room and we watch a movie in another, and about 30 minutes a day when we let them play video games together so we can just talk. We spend plenty of time with them and have plenty of non-electronic activities going on all day, so this balance works well for us.
- —Guest Elizabeth
Date Night
- Having a regular date night with my hubby has been a wonderful, marriage-strengthening thing. There was a piece in the NY Times recently about how trying new things as a couple - no, not that! well, maybe that too, but they meant salsa dancing and Thai cooking lessons and other new pursuits - made life more exciting and built stronger connections in the marriage.
- —parentingyoungadults
Lunch Dates
- My wife and I have lunch together twice a week while the kids are in school.
- —Guest Leo
Date Night In
- We have a Friday date night at the house. Once the kids are in bed, we watch a movie or play a game together. No sitters required!
- —Guest Stacie
