The Holidays can be filled with busy schedules for all families but a non-profit is encouraging parents to continue to work to be connected with their kids.

Nadia Klekamp is the Associate Director of Community Health at Chestnut Health Systems and indicates this is a good time of year to have valuable conversations with your kids about all sorts of topics.

Having conversations with your kids about why you get stressed during the holidays and how you cope with that stress can help them understand your behavior. She indicates being a good model of stress management can be helpful.

When it comes to conversations around substance abuse, Klekamp says the more you talk to your kids about those things, the easier it is, and also notes, you might feel like it's too early to have that conversation but it actually is not.

Klekamp indicates kids are looking for parents to set boundaries and while they may push those boundaries, they at least know where they are.