Families thrive on time spent together. Children grow and learn during family time. Parents relax and set their worries and "to do's" aside during family time. Family time connects us together and helps us grow as a family. There is always so much to do, we often forget about spending time, just simple time, with each other.
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Here are a few ideas and ways you can spend together as a family.
Devote one specific day or night a week to family.
In our house, we try to keep Sunday as family days. It doesn't always go as planned, but we try to keep Sunday a day where we don't work outside the home or spend time alone with friends. We spend all day together. Sometimes we go to Church and breakfast and then go run errands. Other days we sit around in our sweats all day and watch football while we clean house. The point is, we always know that Sunday is our family day. And no matter what we do, we'll be together.
Play games.
Kids love games, don't they? Games are fun! I think having a game night once a week is a great way to unwind with your family and do something fun.
Go for a walk.
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Family walks are great. They provide a place for exercise and room to communicate, and also allows your kids to get some of their energy out! Walks are wonderful because there are not many distractions.
Make a fun family tradition
Maybe once a month your family goes out to a movie on a Friday. Or you visit the zoo. Or every Wednesday night you play games. Maybe Sunday mornings you all watch cartoons in bed. Whatever it be, a tradition is something that you and your kids can always count on. Like having a "family day" it's a way of devoting one special thing or activity to your family.
Have dinner together
This is something I really want to do with my children when they get older. I think every night should involve dinner around the table. This is a great opportunity to talk about each persons day and have a nice meal. It has been said that children who eat at the dinner table with their family also eat healthier meals!
No matter what you do, all that matters is that you are together as a family.
What does your family do together?
6 comments:
We eat dinner together almost every night, visit a local yogurt shop just about every Sunday evening, we participate in family activity every weekend (walk, indoor play area). We spend a lot of quality family time together on the weekends! It really is so important!
We eat dinner together every night, it's an absolute rule and the only except is when the husband has to work over night which isn't often.
We also eat dinner together every night. I've read a lot about how kids are less likely to get in trouble if they have family dinners and I know my parents had four kids and none of us got into much trouble and we ate dinner together every night. And we go for family walks all the time, which is a must when you have a family dog :)
Our big family activities seem to revolve around Wally and Skipper. Two labs.........always dragging something around and making life interesting! A family that plays together, stays together!
great post! our family does walks and game nights too- we love them and our kids always seem to get along pretty well during family time!
We've been playing Super Mario on the Wii together, 4 players. Its the one thing we can all agree on!
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