The importance of quality time
Family foundations: Quality time helps to strengthen the foundations of the family and a young person's life.
Shared interests: It builds on shared interests as well as creating opportunities to have fun and laugh together.
Friendship: Spending quality time together is a great way to build and maintain friendships with others.
Rituals: Family rituals are important, and are very wide-ranging in their nature.
Come together in the kitchen: Getting together to cook favorite meals, or to experiment with new recipe ideas.
Eating together: In fact, the family activity with the greatest positive impact on children is sitting down together to dinner each evening.
Family interaction: It's not about the amount of time you spend together, but instead the quality of your interactions that count.
Communicating together: Make family sit-downs more personal by turning off the television and computer and playing a board game together.
Quality time with your children: Kids are always a good excuse to seek quality time, and making a meaningful connection with your children is important.
Reading: Picking and reading a short book before bed time is a great way to stay connected.
Bridge the generation gap: Taking care of children is always rewarding, but can often be exhaustive.
Walk down memory lane: If you're a couple, you can find your own ways to enjoy quality time together.