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How important is it to have Family Time?
There was a young mom who posted a question regarding time spent alone at home. She was frustrated with the fact that every weekend they have to go to their friends place instead of staying at home enjoying ‘the family unit’.
I have to say that I am impressed if staying at home and spending time with the family unit is a goal of yours. There are so few people who really understand the value of that today. We are a very ‘high paced’, ‘where can we go next’, ‘what can we do next’ society that we have lost the art of being a family.
Let me suggest that first, that family time is extremely important. As a family, we had movie night every Friday night. Because of my husbands and my work schedule, we both could not always make it, and very rarely did both of us have to work and cancel it altogether. So if only one of us make it the family knew we would have a family night. On the rare occasion if both my husband and I couldn’t make it the 4 children would do their own movie night. I can say my heart melted those nights.
But this established the fact that family was very important to them. Working from home most of the time my children were growing up, they saw me put work aside for them to come and have a movie night. That was very huge for them. They knew I was dedicated to my jobs but they also learned that I valued them and our time together.
I had a nephew that told me about his movie night with his family and his face was beaming when he explained it to me assuming that I didn’t know what he was talking about it. I felt such pride knowing that his mom, my sister, was displaying this same value with her own family.
How important is it for you to be right? Or to be strict? Or to be the one who always wins? How important do you think it is for your children.
Do you have one that is super stubborn, or rebellious? Any idea why? Watch this Video “Does being a Stubborn Parent make Rebellious children?
Want to find out what kind of parent you are, and or ways to improve? Take this Parenting Quiz.
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