The Covid-19 Pandemic continues to show its effects intensely in our country as well as all over the world. Curfews and working from home practices implemented at regular intervals increase the time spent at home. Especially the necessity of working from home makes the boundaries between home and work life blurred. In addition, with the increase in the number of cases and the duration of stay at home, the amount of activities to be done outside has significantly decreased. Such forced situations can increase the stress level of individuals, and individuals may feel stuck and their freedom taken away. As a result, the quality of relationships with family members may decrease or problems may arise in these relationships due to increased stress levels. In such situations, couples can enrich the activities that can be done at home in order to improve the quality of their relationships. For example, a couple who likes to go to the movies can organize a movie night at home. A couple who likes to eat out can try cooking new dishes at home. These examples can be extended according to the habits, characteristics and wishes of the couples. The important thing is that couples discover and practice together the activity that suits them.
In addition to organizing the time they spend together, couples should also organize the individual time they will spare for themselves. Psychology research shows that individuals doing activities they choose according to their own preferences contribute positively to their well-being. Continuing old hobbies or acquiring new hobbies can help you spend quality time at home individually. In addition, making video calls using technological opportunities and maintaining relationships with distant family members/friends can also be seen as a source of individual energy. A psychologically healthy individual can also establish a healthy relationship with his spouse/partner.
Finally, it is important for couples with children to find activities that all family members can do together and that are suitable for children's participation, in order to make the time they spend at home quality, in order to go through this process in a healthy way. Activities done together with all family members will provide "we energy" to the family. pass together Quality time provided will contribute to the development of healthy family relationships.
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