This year consider setting a tradition of making family resolutions that will improve every member’s life, strengthen family bonds and encourage family fun. Here are some suggestions.
Set a Date for Meals Together. Families are busy, but set aside one night each week for a family meal. Put it on everyone’s calendars, digital or paper, and take turns picking meals, prepare and cleaning up together.
Tackle a Family Project. Pick at least one project to tackle as a family – paint a room, clean the garage, plant a garden. Have everyone come up with ideas and then vote on which improvement project is the family favorite. Make a supply list, have the kids research how to do certain jobs online, talk to the experts at your local hardware store and then roll up your sleeves!
Explore Close To Home. Each state has so many amazing places that are often forgotten by those living closest to them. Pick at least one destination close to home and make a day trip out of it for the entire family.
Declare a No Technology Holiday. Pick one of the holidays of the year and put all technology away for that one day – no
phone, no laptop and no tablet. While celebrating the significant meaning of that day, add to it some new memories of your family reconnecting instead of staring at screens.
Choose A Charity. Identify a local charity or family in need to support for the entire year. Whether you give time, money, labor or products just stay committed as a family to doing it.
Gregg Murset, father of six and CEO of BusyKid, a mobile-website that helps parents teach children about work ethic, responsibility, accountability and managing real money. busykid.com.
