One of the major questions that has arisen today, is how do you keep the family together? So many of the children today are involved in broken families that America is at a loss for the value at keeping a family together. Most of the marr iages today end up in a hostile divorce, and the children torn between their parents. Why is this? I am going to suggest some activities that I believe would help keep a family together. Communication is one of the key factors in any relationship. So y ou should always plan an activity bearing that you will be learning something about your loved ones. A family vacation can assure that you and your family will have time to do nothing but be together, and another thing lost in a relationship is the marrie d couple themselves.Good communicaton is detrimental in any relationship. You should plan out small times when not only you and your wife can talk, but you and your children too. Diner is always a good example, my parents have been married happily for twenty five years and a successful family, and they have always declared diner family time. So even though all us have separate lives now, we all still show up for the family diner. We talk during diner, getting closer to one another. Now our family din ers involve all of our loved ones too, so the table grows as well as the communication.
Another thing that my parents always insisted upon was a family vacation. Once a year they would plan far in advance a time where we would all go on vacation together. This gave us a time where we could spend time as a unit, a family. They would let us all know ahead of time when they planned to do it so we made sure that we had that time free. Eventually, we all began to look forward to that two weeks in the summer where we would have nothing to do, except have fun with the family.
Another problem is keeping the identity of the married couple. So many times parents get so involved in their children that they completely ignore their partners needs. You also need to set out small amounts of time where the family is not around, and y ou have an identity by yourself. It is also nice to plan one evening a week to just you and your partner. This way you tend to your needs as well as the family needs.
Keeping a family together is not an easy task. But if you never stop trying to improve your relationship with your family, then you'll do just fine. Little activities set out can keep a relationship together. You should not forget the families needs or your partners needs. Keep trying, don't give up so easily when a problem does arise. Never the less keep the love in your family constant, this could be the glue which holds the family together.
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