Family

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Family
Time
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• Early childhood experience

has life-long
implications
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The people our children becomeis a product of
two things

• Their life Experience

How they Interact with that Experience
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The
Family
Family Structure
It is never an indication of failure to see a
need to make changes in family life and it is
never too late!
Family Roles
Family Conflict
Family Failure
Family History
Family Values
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Family
Identity

• If family identity is strong children are
  more likely to hold to its values and principles
• Children who feel uninvolved in their family
  are more likely to look outside the family for
  a sense of identity and a set of values

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• How can we build

a strong
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Family Identity
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Be a team
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• Being a team encourages a family to be
  interdependent
• Interdependence encourages family unity and
  identity

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We can be a team by
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• Entertaining together
• Tidying up together
• Cleaning the car together
• Serving together to help others
• Taking part in a sponsored project in the
  community

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Family Time
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• time set aside for Mum Dad to be alone
  together and then for the children to join thema
  chance to share and listen to one another

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Whats the value of Family Time
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Its a place

• to bring up something that we, as parents want
  to talk to the children about
• for the children to bring up things that they
  want to talk about or question
• to teach something new or to introduce something
  into family life
• to talk about an important event that is coming
  up
• to laugh together
• to pray together

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Lay the table. Feed the pets. Make drinks. Make
the beds. Tidy the garden. Pick up litter. Make
drinks. Clear up toys. Clean windows. Wash the
car. Help wash up. Help with the ironing. Help
with the gardening. Help with cooking a meal.
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Family Jobs
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• Giving our children

jobs to do builds a
sense of responsibility
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Family Quote Book
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• Creates a family history
• Creates a sense of belonging

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Family Photos
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• A great way of recording family history
• Gives family identity

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Family Traditions
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This is us and this is the way we do things
together
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Be Together
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Tomorrows Men (Parenting research at Oxford
University)
Families who spend significant amounts of time
together as a unit are also more likely to turn
out confident children.
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Meal times
Hi - Lo
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Be Together
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Do the gardening
Cycle rides
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Ideas
Go for walks
Read a book together
Sleep in the tent together in the garden
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Be Together
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Make family holidays a priority
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Questions to ask
Are we cultivating a sense of team spirit within
our family or is independence valued more than
interdependence?
Is our family one that our children are proud to
belong to?
Do our children feel involved in our family?
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we have an opportunity to invest time and
energy now that will reap many rewards later in
life.
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Family
Time