5 Tips on How to Get Along During the Holidays Without Driving Each Other Crazy: Multi-Generation Style

5 Tips on How to Get Along During the Holidays Without Driving Each Other Crazy:  Multi-Generation Style

It’s exciting for young kids, knowing that their grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins are coming for the holidays.  After all, it means a ton of fun with people they know and love.  However, the convergence of all of those people onto one house can be rough, so here are 5 tips on how to survive the holidays.

1.  Sort out a bathroom routine.  Everyone will need baths and showers daily, so putting together a schedule is a great idea, especially with teens.  It would be useful to have a 10 minute shower rule, with a schedule posted on the doors of the bathrooms, so everyone can keep up.

2.  Communications about bedrooms is vital.  Sharing with your family that you’d prefer not to have a toddler diving under your duvet at 6 am is perfectly acceptable, and making sure that you close your doors for privacy is crucial. 

      

           3.  Cooking together.  Some family get-togethers include a cooking schedule, meaning each family is responsible for cooking one night for everyone during the visit.  This is a great time to discover new foods, but picky eaters might still enjoy chicken nuggets and mac and cheese.  Don’t be offended if little Ronnie doesn’t like your Southwestern fish tacos.

       4.  Time is important.  Getting everyone out at the same time for a huge family activity can be a little tension-inducing, so having a printed schedule of daily activities is a great idea.  Giving 30 minute reminders to everyone is helpful, make sure everyone has gone to the restroom, and piling into cars can be an Olympic sport.  Allow extra time for getting to places, too, because of traffic.

      5.  Be flexible and relax.  It’s the holidays, so there’s bound to be unusual times to eat, different things to do, and different people to get to know.  That’s the joy and fun of the holiday! 

We hope you’ve found this helpful!

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