Routines Good for Kids. Well, Most of the Time
My son has a friend whose parents think we don't have enough rules in our house. The boy loves to come over because he can watch all the TV he wants (and stares in a trance at his favorite shows) and can play Xbox morning, noon and night, if he wants that, too, unlike home where it's outlawed during the week. It's true, we don't have many rules beyond bedtime at 8:30 on school nights, brush your teeth before, eat fruit at least a couple times a day, and do your homework. But that's because, and forgive me while I brag, we have a good kid who gets good grades and pretty much does what he's told (if you don't count picking up after himself). But a new study has just found that children who have regular routines fare better with social-emotional health (SEH), according to newswise.com. Children who regularly sing, play, story-tell and eat dinner with their families tend to have higher social-emotional health, the Web site reports. Now we're a lit...