10 Ideas for Connecting With Your Kids

Every Tuesday is Finance & Family Day at Zen Habits.

Sometimes we can be so busy with our jobs, and our personal goals, and changing the world, that we have very little time to spend with our kids.

And trite as it may sound, the time we have with them is so limited, and passes so quickly, that we may lose out on their childhoods completely if we’re not careful.

Parent Survival Kit: A Be Prepared Checklist

Every Tuesday is Finance & Family Day at Zen Habits.

This checklist is not for emergencies or disaster survival — it’s for the more day-to-day situations that all parents must live through, and the tools needed to survive them with minimal stress and maximum happiness.

This is the survival kit that every parent should have to make it through the day and all of those little “emergencies” such as your child getting sick in the car or spilling spaghetti down her dress at Olive Garden.

27 Skills Your Child Needs to Know That She’s Not Getting In School

Every Tuesday is Finance & Family Day at Zen Habits.

Everyone knows that our school system, in general, is not giving our kids the basic reading, writing, ‘rithmatic and science skills needed to be competitive in the high-tech workforce of the upcoming generation (at least, that’s the general assumption, and we won’t argue it here).

But there’s much more to life than those basic subjects, and unless you have an exceptional teacher who is willing to break out of the mold, your child isn’t learning the crucial things he or she needs to learn in life.

How I Work 2 Jobs, Blog and Still Find Time for My Wife and 6 Kids

Every Tuesday is Finance & Family Day at Zen Habits.

I’ve had a number of readers ask me how I find time for my family (my wife and I have 6 kids) while working two jobs, blogging and writing an insane amount of blog posts for other blogs (I write about 7 posts a week elsewhere). It’s something I’ve been working on, struggling with, and experimenting for awhile now, and I think I’m starting to hit my stride.

After promising this awhile back, I’m finally ready to share my secrets to making time for family and still producing a ton.

Let me say that I’m not perfect. I still do work sometimes when I want to be spending time with my wife and kids. And I still goof off with my family when I should be working. But I’ve been getting better, and finding a balance, and drawing a firmer dividing line between work and family time.

20 Productive Ways to Use Your Free Time; Dad the Quitter

I wrote two more articles that are out elsewhere. I hope you enjoy them!

Lifehack: 20 Productive Ways to Use Your Free Time

ParentWonder: Dad the Quitter

Let me know what you think!