In order for children to have a good home life they must HAVE A LIFE AT HOME! Parents today are so busy taking their children to music rehearsals, soccer games, birthday parties, dance classes, martial arts classes, trips here and trips there... children spend more time in the family car than the family living room I fear.
Don't misunderstand, there is a place for all of this but children need to be spending time at home with family; mom and dad, Uncles and Aunts, Cousins, Grandparents...if they are to have an appreciation for family and the family home. Parents often are only facilitators and spectators in their childrens lives watching as their offspring are being scheduled to the hilt! By weeks end all are to exhausted to enjoy each others company. Rush, rush, rush!
Let's take some time to just sit at home talking with our children or in some quiet way interacting with them. Talk with them, teach them, and encourage them in this home setting so that they will learn what their home should someday be like. Home life must be modeled. Do this and you will discover how to relieve the pressure that so many feel (including the children) in their daily life.
If home has become simply the place where your family eats it's meals and gets eight hours of sleep, perhaps it is time to reevaluate how your family is spending it's time!
Blessings! GDL
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