Don't Forget YOU When Planning for Summer! by Mary Scribner
As you make summer plans for your family, realize that you will need breaks from your child and parenting in general. School and or work may provide a “break” from parenting for you, but summer responsibilities may not.
Try one or more of these suggestions for a "sane" summer:
1. Make sure you build in time for yourself. Daily if possible.
2. Get away occasionally.
3. Hire a sitter or teen or trade child care time with other moms.
4. Ask Grandparents, aunts, uncles, friends to help. This creates an opportunity to build a special relationship between your child and another adult.
5. Consider a really good day care. There are small ones for kids who do better in limited "crowds."
6. Enroll your child in a summer sports or day camp program or class.
