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Easy Like Sunday Morning

Mar 12, 2024

02:51

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Explore how to create a stress-free and relaxed family environment inspired by 'Easy like Sunday morning.' Embrace a more laid-back approach to daily routines with children and focus on fostering joy and security in parenting.

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Embrace the mantra 'Easy like Sunday morning' to reduce conflict during daily routines.

Maintain a happy and safe environment by avoiding yelling and encouraging a laid-back attitude in the household.

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Creating a Calm Environment

As a parent, it's crucial to set a relaxed and positive mood in the household. Avoid unnecessary power struggles and pressure. Embrace the idea of 'Easy like Sunday morning' to reduce conflict during daily routines. By choosing to create a serene atmosphere, mornings and weekdays can become less stressful for both parents and children.

Maintaining a Relaxed Family Atmosphere During Daily Routines

3min

Why is your house so stressful? Why is everything such a fight? It doesn’t need to be. Sure, school is important. Rules and respect and basic cleanliness matter. But these things aren’t that important. Indeed, most conflicts that pop up while getting ready for school or sitting down to dinner or finishing household tasks aren’t that important.

Here’s a magical phrase worth thinking about as a parent. It’s from that great Lionel Richie song (and Faith No More cover): Easy like Sunday morning…

What if more of your days were like that? When you had less you were trying to force through? When you were slightly more relaxed? If you understood that it was your kids’ day too, that there was nothing that really had to happen?

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