During the Christmas break, you're probably on a time crunch. But it's better to spread your errands out throughout the day or week if possible and make time for each task.
"Adults and children rarely do well when they're rushed," psychiatrists Steven Schlozman, MD, and Gene Beresin, MD, directors at The Clay Centre For Young Healthy Minds at Massachusetts General Hospital, told POPSUGAR. "Kids detect the panicked demeanour of their parents, and parents then get irritable when their anxious kids act out, so don't do it all at once."