Build a Stronger Family Through These Simple Habits
Looking to build a stronger family? Today we want to share with you 5 simple habits (great goals) that will strengthen your family bond. Even if you are already doing some of them, by talking them out and planning them together, your family can’t help but grow closer.
Build a Stronger Family Through These Simple Habits
1. Cook (at least) One Meal Together Each Week
In order for our family to ensure that we successfully cook together each week, we actually started including the children in the meal planning process. We’ve been meal planning for years but every now and then we just get sick of it and the kids have helped with fresh inspiration. This has helped us build a stronger family bond through communication. It’s been so amazing. Having 2 teens and and a tween, this is a lot more fun than the days of them making a big old mess!
No time to meal plan? Not sure where to start? No problem! There are lots of great free resources to help you do this. You can sign up for this free Freezer Meal Workshop and download these Freezer Meal Workshop. We look forward to doing this each week and we’ve noticed that the children continue to work closer together (with less conflict…YAY!) and are very confident in the kitchen.
Related:
10 Benefits of Cooking With Kids
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2. Commit to (at least) One Family Night a Month
While many families desire to do this, often times the common everyday stresses of life prevent it from happening. Rather than push family night to the side when you are tired or stressed out, push through it and make it happen. The joy that we feel when we do this is indescribable. And our children feel loved and appreciated as they know we are choosing them over the never-ending responsibilities of family life and family business.
Here are some ideas:
40+ Fun and Frugal Family Activities
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3. Read A New Book Together Every Month (or week)
Reading aloud together as a family helps build a stronger family bond. Listening to a person’s voice creates intimacy between the reader and the listener. As a homeschooling family we read together every day. But there is something extra special about choosing a family book to read together each month. We take turns reading aloud and listening. It’s one of our most favorite parts of the day. Our family tends to choose living history books to read through. You can see some of the living history books we’ve read through here and here.
Related:
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10 Reasons You Should Read to Your Children Every Day
5 Reasons We Love All About Reading
4. Memorize God’s Word Together
For our family, this is huge. We have a strong conviction to grow in Christ-like character, walk in love, and help our children discover who God created them to be. And the best way we can do this is by storing up God’s Word in our heart as we do our best (as parents) to live out our convictions. We use a lot of memory verse cards and fun family Bible study guides to help us on our quest.
Related:
Scripture Memorization Challenge for Women
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5. Commit to Saving Money Together
This is a super-fun and smart way to get the family working together. When the children were younger we started with the simple things such as making sure the lights are always off when we leave a room or being careful not to leave doors open when the HVAC is running. Now the kids help us save big on our grocery budget by hold us accountable. They have helped us save hundreds of dollars each year on groceries alone. A big thanks to Grocery Budget Bootcamp and Real Life Money Plan for helping us train them!
Related:
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