Family:Togetherness.

@alokijon (665)
Malaysia
December 14, 2010 7:41pm CST
I always believe in a quote saying that the family that prays together stays together. Prayers are the glue that bind things together. Yes there are times when we feel that we just cannot get along with some of our family members but we soon realized that every problem has it own solution. In bringing the family to stay united, it takes the whole members of the family to work together. I can see that in my family, sometimes it is effective to just to gather among ourselves during weekends or holidays. We try to set our time just to hang around among ourselves by having pot luck sessions. These are the times when we will see our sisters and brothers, parents, nieces and nephews. Playing card games or some may say it not very healthy activity: gambling...hehehe well when I say gambling doesn't mean that it involves big money. We just use the coins that we can found in our wallets, cars etc. It is an activity for us to laugh at and gives the vibes to moment.
2 responses
• United States
15 Dec 10
BONDING is more what I call it. I was a single parent for many years and can I say I did not allow TV Monday thru Thursday as I paid for Catholic School education and did not want my children rushing through homework to get to TV times. This worked with my children as we played board games and sang many songs. Reason why this worked for me is that from a very young age I trained my children to spend the quality time together along side me. When the weekend rolled around I purposely made outings so that they would not cling to the TV. We did plenty of bike riding, museums and libraries so today my results are two wonderful and very respectful young adults.
@alokijon (665)
• Malaysia
15 Dec 10
Wow I like the way you run your family. I know that it is not easy since you are a single parent. But I know that you have been doing great with your children. I just hope that you will keep on doing what ever is good for your family. :-) Sometimes it is good to just keep away from the television and just what you have been doing bringing them for outdoor activities are really healthy.
@mac_fish (723)
• China
15 Dec 10
Hi,there Same as many families in my nation,the members in the whole big families are pretty less than that in 60's and 70's,the DADDY-MUMMY-KID is the ordinary model of family unit nowadays,what' more,I do have some relations as uncle,aunt,nephews and nieces ect.....,but we seldom gather together usually,only one some important festivals,like Spring Festival and Dragon Boat Festival.... That's common in modern society,everyone is busy with their own job,work hard to cloth and feed their own families,but the love between family members is much more important than money and materials........I begin to miss the good old days when people have big family to live together everyday when I read ur post. Happy mylotting