Is the Quality Time Love Language your Child’s Love Language?

We’ve been exploring the Five Love Languages of Children. Understanding the Love Languages can revolutionize your parenting. Filling your child’s love tank allows you to teach and discipline in a healthy manner. Children who have full love tanks are healthy and more adjustable.

The 5 love languages are:

The bottom of this post has links to a free love language printable and other helpful articles.

The Quality Time Love Language

Does this describe your child?

He loves to do things with you: watch a movie, yard work, go out to eat, run errands, or play a game.
He tries to get your undivided attention.
He wants to sit next to you or have you watch him while he’s playing.

Mom Tips for a Quality Time Love Language Child:

Run errands 1:1 together, they can be really enjoyable with just one child in tow.
Date night/breakfast 1:1, Mr. Busy Kids takes one child out every Sunday before church. Over the years this has become a great tradition. Each child really looks forward to their special Dad Time.
Make eye contact, take your eyes off your devices and turn your body to fully look at them.
Ask about their day and really listen to the details.
Plan special events and trips for enhance family time. I seem to be a better mom and a whole lot more fun when I’m away from my house.

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Family dinner time. Try to protect it and eat meals together several times a week.
Read together.
Play video games together.
Form a bed time routine that works for you. Learn some other tips for investing in your child at bedtime here.
When you’re having a conversation, listen to them and make eye contact. They want the focus just on them!

Happy Mom Note:

If your child loves Quality Time, invest in them and give them the undivided attention they crave. If attention is what they seek they will go to any length to receive it.

If you are seeking more time for yourself, spend time with your children first. Ten minutes of good quality time, may just give you 20 minutes of uninterrupted time to get your mom things done.

Quality Time Love Language for Parents:

My husband and I have nightly kid free “Couch Time”. We started when the kids were 4 and 6. They could play quietly, read, or clean up. This gives my husband and I semi-uninterrupted, quality time together. Studies show that children are healthier and feel more loved, when they know their parents love each other.

This post was first published March, 2012. Last updated 2018.

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What People Are Saying

Melissa says

at 8:12 am

I love every bit of this Kristen – describes my V to a T!!

Lianne says

at 6:43 pm

My daughter’s love language is definitely quality time. In the book it says to express their love language before and after you discipline them. Do you have any idea how I would do that with quality time?

- Kristen says
  
  at 11:16 pm
  
  Hi Lianne – Quality time is my child’s love language too. A well loved child is easier to discipline. Love, then discipline, then teach. Quality time happens when time is spent together. When a child is in trouble our natural inclination is to remove them from us. This could potentially hurt a quality time person. I did find that having my son sit on the steps when he needed a time out helped because he could still hear us, but was not in complete isolation. I’ve found that when the love tank is full, the behavior is better. Mine included!