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Spending quality time with your children promotes holistic development. Because they feel safe around you, they are free to express their interests, and it helps them develop social and communication skills. For example, if your child is into dancing, you can show your support by joining them, no matter how awkward you feel.

Dancing is a fun and healthy activity you and your child can do together. In a report, an orthopedic surgeon and co-director of the Women's Sports Medicine Center at HSS Dr. Beth Shubin Stein says that dancing helps improve balance and posture. But aside from the physical benefits, it improves your child's mental health.

Improves critical thinking

Learning how to dance helps children understand problem-solving processes more. It helps them develop alertness and attention to detail. When learning a new dance step, children observe, listen and follow instructions - skills they need when faced with a problem. Aside from that, learning the sequence of steps helps improve their memory. This has also been proven in studies involving older individuals. 

Boosts emotional resilience

If your child has expressed interest in learning how to dance, spending time with them to do so makes them happy and boosts their mood. In a study conducted by UCLA, dancing helped boost the mood of at least 98 percent of participants. 

Promotes self-discovery

Similar to yoga and other meditative forms of exercise, dancing promotes mind-body connection. More than just following instructions and copying dance moves, it boosts creativity when they try to create their own moves and so it helps build an identity in a safe space.