Here are some parenting tips and family bonding activities to build a better connection with your child.

Parenting is a challenging but rewarding job. From your child’s primary school to secondary and even post-secondary school years, you’ll be juggling your role as a parent, teacher, mentor and friend. To play these roles successfully, it is important to build a strong bond with your child by participating in parent-child bonding activities together which can be fun and educational.

Here are some useful tips on positive parenting and how to spend quality time with your child to build a stronger, happier and lasting relationship.

Making and spending time with your child is the key

Spending quality time with your child is fundamental to building a strong and happy parent-child relationship, so be sure to allocate time for your child no matter how old they are or how busy you are.

To get started, you should:

• a) Set a time and date with your child for some parent-child bonding and stick to it.
• b) Give your child your undivided attention when engaging in activities.
• c) Take the opportunity to connect with your child as often as possible.

Making time for your child should be a lifelong effort to show your love and appreciation for your family members. Through this process, you will realise that parenthood is indeed a fruitful and enjoyable journey.