| The holidays are a stressful time. You're running | | | | 2. Help your child do their Christmas shopping. |
| around last minute trying to find the perfect gifts, | | | | Once your kids reach a certain age, they are |
| you're planning out parties and you're cooking up a | | | | expected to give gifts and cards to their friends |
| storm. While the holidays are certainly stressful | | | | and family. This can add a lot pressure and stress |
| for most adults, they can also be incredibly | | | | to their lives. So help them do the planning and |
| stressful for children. There is a lot of pressure on | | | | think of present ideas. |
| them and they can often sense your frustration | | | | 3. Try to stick to your normal routine and |
| and stress as well. As a result, your children may | | | | activities. Your lives and schedules shouldn't be |
| act up and have more temper tantrums. If you | | | | turned upside-down for the holidays. Try to keep |
| want to reduce this kind of behavior during the | | | | things as normal as possible and if your child's |
| holiday season, follow my tips and suggestions | | | | schedule is going to deviate from the norm for |
| below. | | | | holiday activities, make sure that he or she know |
| 1. Convince your children to stop watching | | | | in advance. This will reduce the stress related with |
| television during the holiday season. Once | | | | the activity. |
| November hits, it seems as though every show | | | | 4. Keep travel light. Traveling around a lot can also |
| and every commercial is dedicated to the holidays. | | | | add stress to the holidays. A few quick trips to |
| This can add stress and remind children of the | | | | visit grandparents is okay, but long trips can be |
| holiday when they are trying to relax and get | | | | exhausting, so keep them to a minimum. |
| away from it all. | | | | |