Occasionally, just occasionally, it's important to make your kids do something that makes a teenager's eyes roll into the back of their head. What, you ask? Family time....
I strive to eat dinner with my kids every night if I can. Why? Because I believe it's an important time to reconnect as a "team". We may talk about important topics or we may talk about the silliest things you can think of but we consistently connect with each other and touch base on what's going on in each other's lives.
Occasionally we try to do family game nights too. Sometimes it's a Wii game or an X box game. Sometimes it's a game we make up. Sometimes it's something like Guesstures. Inevitably, the eye rolls begin with the teenagers. "Do we REALLY have to do this?" Yes, yes we do. Inevitably they fight it and inevitably, they still have a blast, in the end. The important part is not whether or not they roll their eyes or sigh loudly. The important part is that they are having fun as a family.
Look, life is busy and we don't always have time to achieve the things that we want. We have to savor every moment with our kids because it flies by so quickly. Take the time to do something special with your family, even if it invokes eye rolls, sighs and crossed arms because it can and will be a memory they'll always have.
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