All so very true, I agree routine is a must even though it is not always easy to set one. Keeping a little one busy is also a good way to keep them well behaved and out of mischief.

Agree with you, @tracy, keep the kids busy is one of the good way to keep them stick to same place for hours long, but hopefully never with the T.V . Hehe!
The vehicles games can get the boys love into and play for long hours while Barbie toy is the most favourite of the girls.
I keep my boy busy with routine house core, he has his own broom, mop, cleaning tools set, thus he has something or tasks to do at home everyday, so he has not time for running here and there. Hehe!
He loves to do all the tasks because of self fulfilment and joys!

good tip to do while talking to kids, but kids are differetnnt and what good with one it may be bad with other, also some are sensitive, some the other way around they need real hard time to learn, we raise them but the society and the mixed jeans means that they come with some attitude that we cant control but can trim. also some kids you find them nice when they are naughty, i mean being devil is sometimes wanted so the kids able to face and learn and do mistakes also. and being childish for kids that less than 5 years is really cute and sweet. thanks for your tips and well writing posts

Hobbies are important. My children had no T.V growing up and that left time for them to develop their talents. One became an artist and a musician and the other can really sing. I never heard they were bored and they always had energy for their hobbies. We also did ice-skating which was fun. The secret was always to follow the child’s interest and never impose something on them that they were not willing to practice at. That is how I ended up having to have piano lessons. The kids hated them, but I had paid and I think both the teacher and I were glad when that money was used up! I still maintain not having a T.V was the best decision I ever made although of course, being older, we also avoided the intrusion of the Internet till the kids were quite old as it was not really in use.

While our daughter was growing up, she asked for a guitar, so we bought her one. She studied guitar through a book she bought and she can already play it while she sings.

Then, she wants a tennis table and played table tennis with her father. After a while,she became busy with studies. The playing of table tennis stopped and the table tennis was kept. The table tennis is now nowhere to be found.

Though her guitar is still at her bed. She didn’t even play with it when she came home for a brief vacation because she is into watching Korea novela instead on her laptop.

But at least, whatever she would like to try, we give it to her.