When you’ve had an accident or emergency, because you’ve been taken ill or been injured recently, your family life can feel a bit up in the air. You’ve got yourself to focus on, and you need to get better, but you’ve still got your partner, your parents, and your children to look after at the same time. It can feel like you’re in an impossible situation!
Of course, we’ve talked before about what to do if you’ve been injured in the workplace, and how to stay afloat when out of work due to illness or injury, but we want to touch a little more on keeping family life stable when one or both of these two things are happening. After all, the kids always know when something is wrong, no matter how hard you try to hide things from them!
So, without further ado, here are some of the key steps to keeping family life stable and ongoing whilst you’re out of work and trying to heal up. There are quite a few changes you’ll have to make, but that doesn’t mean you have to be unhappy at the same time.
Have Plenty of One on One Time
Your family are going to know something is up; they’re going to react accordingly, and there might be a lot more noise and upset in the house at the moment. Of course, this isn’t good for your recovery period! And it’s certainly not good for the wellbeing of your entire family.
Which is why it’s important to have plenty of one on one time. If you’re able to pull your children aside, one by one, and spend a good couple hours with them and only them alone, you’re going to prove to them that you’re still OK! You’re going to show them you still love them, and that things haven’t changed for the worse. Most of all, you’re going to dedicate a bit of time to them, in a calm, slow paced environment, and show them things are still stable and loving.
Children don’t go along well with uncertainty, and you never know how they might lash out because of it, so take the time beforehand to stop tantrums and meltdowns in their tracks.
Take Some Time to State Your Rights
If you have recently had an accident in which you sustained quite a serious injury, and you’re still living with and recovering from it a good few months later, you have the chance to state and asset your rights here. And by that we mean it’s time to get compensation! Because maintaining a normal sense of family life doesn’t come cheap, and there’s a good chance you’ve been out of work for a good while now.
Contact a company like Hupy and Abraham to help you out with a case like this. You’re suffering from a personal injury, and you know for a fact that it wasn’t your fault, and now’s the time to get someone on your side to fight your corner properly. Of course, it won’t be cheap to hire a lawyer, but the ensuing damages you’ll win will more than cover any expenses you’ll have to deal with during a process like this.
And if you have a bit of time to spare right now, you might want to look into legal expenses insurance, and see if it’s something you might be able to apply for.
Immediately Update Your Budget
And finally, you’re going to need to change your budget around a little. You might be out of work for a while, or any benefits you receive might not cover such a period like this, and you’re going to need to update how you spend the money you still have coming in.
Things might have to be cut out for the time being, and you might have to start buying off brands and knockoffs more than the branded stuff you know the kids actually like. Well, if you don’t tell them there’s been a change, there’s a good chance they won’t even know the cereal they’re chowing down on is different!
If you’ve recently had an accident or emergency, don’t let your family life go to pot. Don’t let things continue as if your illness/injury never occurred, and always be sure to address the elephant in the room. It’s for the good of your children, after all, and they’re going to need to be clear over what’s going to happen from now on.
