In our church, we have set aside, worldwide, Monday as Family Night; it is a evening that families spend quality time together, learning about each other and about important topics that the family feels are vital. There is no set routine or schedule for family night, and each differs hugely from family to family. Now I must admit the bad part; we are terrible at having family night. My intentions are great, but you know what they say about good intentions, right? The road to hell is paved with good intentions. So, I plan to do better. We must. Our family needs it badly.
"No TV Wednesday" is my kooky idea. How often do the kids come in from school and the TV gets turned on and the fight begins? One wants to watch one thing, the other wants to watch something else, the baby wants to watch mickey mouse. Then there's homework to juggle in between favorite shows, which turns into a battle between mom and kids, and I'm just tired of it! So for one day a week, we're not going to fight the fight. We're going to do homework in silence and leave the TV off afterwards as well. We'll spend the evening doing family stuff; board games, books, taking walks, riding bikes (I'm hoping to get my own bike really soon), etc.
I mean, people survived before TV's, right? No reason not to give it a try again!
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