How many fun family outings have you brought the kids on? What are you waiting for? The longer you take to bring them on some fun family outings, the less time you have to instill some fantastic family memories that they can cherish for the rest of their lives. Do not make the same mistake that most parents do. Make sure that you make a concerted effort to give them some phenomenal family memories.
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You do not have to break the bank just to find some fun places to go with family. Get creative. If you establish the habit of going to parks and free venues early on, they will not grow to expect going to Disneyland, Universal Studios, Six Flags, and Sea World every time a vacation comes up. You can teach them that you can have just as much fun on a picnic, at a national park, or even just going for a walk with the dog.
Fun family dinners should be a number one priority for you. First and foremost, having sit down, family dinners is crucial to keeping the family close and communicating. But this is also a chance to teach them to cook, to appreciate the importance of food, and to share in the collaborative experience that is preparing a whole family meal.
By teaching them to cook and appreciate food, they can carry that mindset with them for the rest of their lives. They need not grow up eating terrible fast food and shunning wholesome, nutritious meals. Simply by getting them involved in the cooking process early on, you are instilling both family and health values to last the rest of their life.
As mentioned above, you need not spend money just to have a successfully fun family vacation. And a vacation does not even have to be a week-long experience. A special trip to the zoo, to the art museum, to the science museum, to a national park, or a beach, can all be considered vacations.
As long as you get to relax and enjoy yourselves in a situation that you do not normally find yourselves in, you can consider it a vacation. And again, if you can establish the simple and cheap vacations early on, you can keep that habit going as long as they are under your roof.
You should be taking two things away from this. One: fun is not directly tied to the amount of money that you spend. You can have a completely lovely, enjoyable outing with your family doing something completely free. This is a great learning opportunity to teach saving money, and speak out against consumerism.
Two: It is incredibly important that you try to keep a fun element in your family. Even when your daughters become angsty teens who are embarrassed to be seen with you, try to make the effort. They will remember later on and appreciate the effort.
