{"id":396,"date":"2019-06-21T15:42:40","date_gmt":"2019-06-21T15:42:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kidsincrisis.org\/sub\/?p=396"},"modified":"2019-06-21T16:04:09","modified_gmt":"2019-06-21T16:04:09","slug":"five-tips-for-a-smoother-summer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kidsincrisis.org\/sub\/2019\/06\/21\/five-tips-for-a-smoother-summer\/","title":{"rendered":"Five Tips for a Smoother Summer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Plan together<\/strong>. Asking children to  help you with even small decisions like, \u201cShould we go to the market before lunch or after lunch?\u201d helps empower them, and when they feel powerful, there\u2019s less urge to misbehave.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Keep to a routine.<\/strong> School may be  out for the summer, but kids still  thrive best when they know what to expect, so keeping wake-up, meal, and sleep times consistent will help regulate the day. It might even help to designate times of the day that they play outside or read quietly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Get out! <\/strong>Kids naturally have energy to burn, so make sure they get outdoors and stay active taking  long walks, swimming, hiking,  playing soccer, and exploring in nature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Limit screen time.<\/strong> Summertime may mean more hours to fill up in the day, but that doesn\u2019t mean kids should spend more time staring at their devices. Encourage kids to look up and explore, discover new talents and hobbies, and enjoy physical activity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>You need fun too!<\/strong> Don\u2019t forget you\u2019ve been looking forward to summer all year too.  You definitely  deserve some fun, so book a sitter and get  together with friends  or plan an outing with your spouse \u2014 it\u2019s critical for your well-being, which results in better  care for your child.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>School&#8217;s out, and Summer can sometimes be stressful for parents and kids alike.  Here are a few tips to help get you through, smiling!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":397,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[34,46],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-396","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-34","category-family"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kidsincrisis.org\/sub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/396","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kidsincrisis.org\/sub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kidsincrisis.org\/sub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kidsincrisis.org\/sub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kidsincrisis.org\/sub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=396"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.kidsincrisis.org\/sub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/396\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kidsincrisis.org\/sub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/397"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kidsincrisis.org\/sub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=396"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kidsincrisis.org\/sub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=396"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kidsincrisis.org\/sub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=396"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}