Tips for surviving this Christmas:
Two days before Christmas ask the kids what they are up to and listen to their answers.
Christmas Day turn off the TV. Instead ask the kids to help you with making the dinner. Accept if they say no but make sure you've flipped the circiut breaker controlling the TV socket.
Talk to them about what they have been getting up to. Ask if they have had any luck with what they were doing two days ago. If they ask why you are being so nosy tell them that you are trying out some tips from the internet. Don't Swear!
After dinner get the old board games out or maybe a jigsaw.
Keep talking! About anything, everything. And listen to what you kids say. That means shutting your mouth and opening your ears. Treat you kids as equals and they may just treat you the same way.
If this doesn't work this Christmas then make turning of the TV a thing every Sunday. Regular dinners eaten at the table, instead of the TV, also helps. If you get your kids use to being a family the whole year through, they are less likely to buck against it come Christmas.
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