Family is priority: Spend time together 

There are numerous reported cases of family negligence, and it can also be believed that some of the people reading this post have had such experience. This is very much common in movies and dramas that have been acted across the globe. Definitely it is understandable for you to say that you are very much engaged in business and work related activities which you need to maintain the family wellbeing. It is very important that you do such. However, let me ask you a question? Which is more important? The business or the family? The actual answer is both and some people might even go the long-way of saying business, but the most realistic answer should be the family. Yes! It is your responsibility as parents to work hard and earn money that you will use to sustain the family, but do you think all the family needs is you?

Why is Eminem, the award winning and inspirational superstar so obsessed with his mother? This is because he was not raised in the right way he would have loved to be raised. The father was not around and the mother as he claimed was into drugs and spent much of her time for her self-interest instead of the family. Still on that note, we can all believe that Eminem did the same mistake if you look at the lyrics of his “mocking bird” song. This is because be made known in an apology to his daughter that he “is sorry for not being around coz daddy was on the move and mommy was on the new!” While Eminem was all about money at that time (working hard to give his daughters the life that he never hard), the family needed him and this causes issues with his wife – which led to the eventful divorce.

Now you see that spending time with the family is important right? You should always make the family your priority. Don’t neglect your family or you could come back finding another person playing your supposed role in the family. Who knows, it could be your best friend and your wife might be having his babies alongside your own baby. Family time is cool for unity. You get to ask the kids questions about school and issues they face in life, then give them the necessary advice to combat such issues in their lives. You can also think of a timeouts like eating together outside, shopping, recreation and even holidays. Something that you all can come together and do like one family.

Let me make this known to you. Never expect your kids or partners to be so close to you and disclose the issues they face with you when you are actually distancing yourself from your family. In the process of such events, you should also understand that they might eventually find another person to fill up their lonely times with. The outcome will never be as you would desire. There are many cases of such.

The importance of spending time as a family cannot be overemphasized. It will provide the kids with necessary advice on issues faced; the partner with the much needed warmth; increase unity, love and respect in the family; increase harmony and understand; build mutual relationship and partnership with each other; and most of all, it will help build a happy home.

So family time should be priority. Try to come back on time for the family dinner. If your work is too cumbersome, then take your family out or spend time together during the weekend. Make rules that will regulate the time kids are allowed to come back into the family and set strict standards for adherence. It’s gonna help you in protecting their interest as well.

There is no better place than home, so there should be no better place to spend your time than in your home. The impact you make today will be of high influence in the future and you can hope to build up something meaningful from such. Therefore, bring out your time for you family and build unity through such experiences with other members of the family.