If you are struggling for some sense of family togetherness, don't despair. You can enhance your feeling of collectiveness with the use of family traditions.
Traditions allow families to form identities and celebrate life changes. Traditions include daily activities, such as eating at the table for at least one meal and watching a television program. Regardless of their format, traditions are an important aspect of our social lives, and parents can utilize this hidden resource in developing more intimate families.
Often the most powerful traditions are the ones that come up naturally in a family. The Burb family makes a conscious effort of participating in Family Day with one family member choosing where to go for the day and birthdays are always celebrated with large parties. The Grey family makes an effort to play charades as a family at least once or twice a week and the Sweeny family, despite their large family size and late working hours, always eats dinner together.
If you still are unable to come up with a family tradition, have a family meeting about what members of the family would like to do on a regular basis. You might be surprised what ideas come up. If reasonable, try these suggestions until you find one that fits your family.
A family spends quality time together each weekend around the campfire.
The Burb family spends every Christmas out by the lake
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