Spending Time with Family

     In all the rush of a technology driven society, parents and their children are spending less quality time together. Today, I'll be talking about various things that families can do together. I am not going to go into the flip side of why families are not spending as much (if any) quality time together as that would be more of an article that will take a great deal of time. So, what is the difference between family time and quality family time? Family time would include, but not be limited to all the activities that people would say families have together on a daily basis, such as dinner... and... hm... that's about it these days. Which is why this is being addressed!

     Parents as well as children need to spend time together as it helps the parents to get their minds off of the rush of working all the time. Quality family time should be about once a week as it is consistent yet can still be special. Now for the hard part, finding something that everyone can agree on. For my family that is usually trying to pick a movie to watch. Mom wants a chick flick, Dad wants a war movie, Sister wants a mystery, and Son wants a Science Fiction. So, how do you decide? There are two ways you can do this. One have one member of the family decide each week, or find something everyone can agree on.

     Now this problem (and solution) is not limited to just movies. It can be a game, like Dominos, Uno, Monopoly (if that's your thing) etc. It can be a video game, which is where I do like the Wii. *Plug in for another blog/alias of mine* I do some video game walkthroughs and tend to be very picky nowadays. If it doesn't have a multiplayer I'm more hesitant to get the game. I'm a people person. Now that does not mean I don't like more hard core gaming like Metal Gear Solid, Devil May Cry, Infamous, and so on and so forth, but those can only have one person playing at a time, so those aren't family friendly. When we got our Wii, my mom (who hates technology, things like Minority Report or Enemy of the State are the reasons why she doesn't like them) actually enjoyed playing games. Like Wii Sports, Wii Sports Resort, New Super Mario Bros, Olympics, there's a lot to chose from that the family might be more inclined to.

     But back to what I was saying, families need to spend more time together. It doesn't have to be much. Even with the every day life, make the little things count. Just make sure that when you are together that you can focus on each other and remove distractions, that includes cell phones! Well, this has been another day, another post, another Guru. Cheerio!