Family tradition ideas

Traditions offer numerous benefits: they strengthen your

family’s bonds, enrich the life you share together, contribute to

your children’s well-being, and create lasting memories. For

this reason, they form one of the three pillars of family culture.

Daily Connection Traditions are the small things you do

every day to reinforce family identity and values.

Family Meal. Countless studies have shown the positive influence that sharing a meal together as a family (it doesn’t have to be dinner) has on children. We’ll be dedicating an entire post to how to get the most out of family meals, but in the meantime, consider these suggestions to turn the breaking of bread into a cherished tradition: First: no TV, no cellphones, and no tablets. Begin with grace. If you’re not religious, have everyone

share something that they’re grateful for that day. Family news: everyone takes turns sharing something

positive and negative that has happened to them during the day.

“Got any stories?” Each person is expected to bring something interesting to the table that they’ve read or heard during the day.

Family Prayer. For religious families, prayer is an important ritual. Family prayer doesn’t have to be just a dinnertime thing. You can pray as a family before everyone leaves in the morning, before everyone goes to bed, or both. Our family has prayers at night. Everyone takes turns saying the prayer.

Bedtime Story. Children who have parents that read to them regularly typically do better in school and have larger vocabularies than children who don’t. Reading with your child will not only make them smarter, but it’s a great way to bond. There’s something really comforting about hearing your dad read aloud to you.

Evening Walks. Not only can walking help solve problems, but it can also strengthen families. Evening walks are a great time to get some fresh air and digest the day’s events along with your dinner.

Weekly Connection Traditions

Family Game Night. Analog games, are a fun and cheap way to bond and have fun together as a family.

Movie Night: Let the kids take turns picking a movie to watch, and do an occasional dad’s choice night as well to introduce your progeny to classics like Back to the Future

Saturday Football. There’s something incredibly relaxing and comforting about watching college football with your family on a Saturday afternoon.

Pizza Night

Special Saturday/Sunday Morning Breakfast

Holiday Traditions

The holidays are the most tradition-rich time of the year. There are a lot of great classic traditions out there from making cookies for Christmas to doing an egg hunt on Easter. Here are some holiday traditions

Easter

Easter Basket hunt Egg wars

Halloween

Pumpkinfest

Thanksgiving

Turkey Bowl

Christmas

New year´s eve