Quality Time Together

Strong families, by and large, are active and busy. Adults and children have many interests and involvements outside the family, yet they also have a strong commitment to their own family. They recognize the benefits and pleasures they gain from time and activities together. They know they have contributions to make to the family and its members, and feel obligated to do so. They value the family bond and make efforts to preserve time together for family activities and interaction.

By spending pleasant, positive time together, families build up a reserve of good feelings. When trouble comes, it is shared with the family and resolved. If the problems are not balanced by shared pleasures, people may, over time, associate family life with unpleasant instead of pleasant things.

Activity 10 Discussion

Select and discuss four of the above family activities. Choose two that you feel your family does well and two that you feel your family could improve on.

	Our family does the following well.
	We need to work on the following.
	Make a plan to strengthen one of the activity areas you plan to work on.

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