Quality Time…and Why Your Family Needs It
Finding time to spend with your family can seem impossible. You and your spouse may both be working and your kids may have several activities they do during the week. Finding time to spend as a family can be difficult.
Also, it may be difficult to peel your kids away from video games, phones and tablets. It is almost easier to just let them be and tell yourself that family time will happen next week.
As parents you know that time passes quickly, and your kids seem to grow in the blink of an eye. The time you have with them is precious.
So, how do you balance work life and family life?
It never feels like there is enough time…
Time…it is the number one reason people do not spend quality time together. So how do you change your family pattern in order to have time together?
Schedule in family time. Put it in your calendar and follow through. Do not “pencil it in”. Just like other activities you are committed to, family time is a commitment.
Also, look at your calendar and activities you have planned. Are you over booking your family? Pray about it and ask the Holy Spirit to guide you and your family. And before committing to another activity ask the Holy Spirit if it is something you should be doing.
Family time is important. It builds trust and a bond between not only you and your children but with siblings as well.
Alot of times, parents wonder why there pre-teen/teens do not confide in them about things. Instead, they talk to their friends. You confide in the people in your life that you know best and have created trust with.
How do you build trust?
You build trust by being consistently trustworthy. The only way someone knows that you are trustworthy is by spending time with them and talking to them. By building deep relationships. That is why pre-teen/teens talk to their friends. Because, they spend a lot of time together building trust through activities, talking about issues, having fun together.
If you are struggling to bond as a family and need help, contact us.
