Skip to footer

12 ways to be a less distracted parent

Bonnie Harris, director of Connective Parenting, is an expert who has spent decades working with parents and kids to establish and strengthen family bonds. Here are her tips for parents to help them stay connected to their kids in today's distraction-heavy society.

4. Under-schedule your children

Erin McCracken/The Evansville Courier & Press/AP/FILE
Brody Hiester, 4, and his mother, Emily Hiester, sled down a hill at the Evansville State Hospital Grounds as they take advantage of a snow day in Evansville, Indiana on Monday March 3.

  • By Staff

Put value on hanging out and being bored. Creativity doesn’t arise when a child is over-scheduled and adult-directed. 

4 of 12
You've read  of  free articles. Subscribe to continue.