The world moves faster than ever before in history, which is why it is more important today to turn off the television sets and set the DVR to bring everyone together for at least an hour of family time, doing a variety of things for an inexpensive quality time without sitting in almost silence in front of the plasma. Families need time to nicely get loud together, playing, and being active. Family game nights and puzzles are a tradition Hasbro Games once advertised and are still ultimate opportunities to come together today. Walmart and Target stores always have deals on board games or card games as a far cheaper alternative to today’s prices to take a whole family out to dinner or to the movies; a game is usually $10 or less in many cases for games and puzzles.
Every family is different so games may not be for every family or fun sometimes but not each week; so another fun family activity is getting outside and playing football, tennis, baseball, soccer, etc. Sports are a lot of fun and an excellent way to get in the recommended one hour of physical activity daily. On the other side, some sports are very costly at retail prices like tennis and baseball. Bats and mits are very expensive in athletic stores; however, Ebay and Amazon sell new and used equipment at affordable prices to get every family member playing outside together. Check out these incredible deals on tennis rackets and baseball gear to save a whopping amount of dough on each person so you can have fun at the park or in the backyard.
Books are still one of the greatest inventions ever. Even fiction and SyFy adventures tell their stories through imagination and truth as they indicate the times written in: by the glimpse into the future, the vocabulary, and the nature of the story itself. Books pass down history and knowledge and are available in some many categories, families can browse together to hone in at least one story every so often to read together like in fireside chats and bedtime stories as families once did, in what seems, so long ago now that we have movies and sitcoms. Reading novels naturally facilitates intelligence, helping it to grow through the years and infest this desire to learn to help kids and adults alike appreciate knowledge for school and career to move forward at a progressive pace. Search Ebay, Amazon, thrift stores, and the local library to choose books of all genres and lengths for the family to read aloud as one unit bonding. Family time is important whether it’s a pricy vacation or free book from the town library; it’s the relationship that counts.
Story time doesn’t always have to be solely from books but also from relatives as well. Pull out those family photo albums, videos, and share stories about where the family came from, genealogy, and some fun, silly stories as well. Every family can be traced back centuries ago, have war tales to tell, and older relatives still alive to tell you about all the things over the years before the children were born or even their parents. Every photo has a story, every outfit worn back then, or place once often visited has something connected to it.
The television isn’t always bad and can on occasion be good for the family together to watch the Super Bowl, a weekly show, and of course movies. Netflix, Red Box, OnDemand, HBO, and rentals make it convenient to watch together laughing, discussing, or holding on tight in scary scenes. Movies do limit the talking with one another so they are not an appropriate choice every night but alright once or twice a week in addition to other family gathering activities such as those mentioned and are cheaper than buying everyone in the family popcorn and a ticket stub at the theater.
Grab all the family and the husband, hide the remote, and pull out a deck of UNO cards or a football and get playing together, under the sun, or under the stars.
