SPENDING QUALITY TIME WITH FAMILY

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Family is the basic and smallest unit of every society, our family members are the best set of people we could have around us. We have the ability to choose our friends but our family are specially gifted to us.

Nowadays, people tend to value and prioritize their work, hobby, chores, studies and all other activities much more than their families. Spending quality and meaningful time together as a family is of outmost importance, despite our busy schedules, works, and businesses it is very important to understand and prioritize the benefits of spending quality and meaningful time together with our families and friends.

The evolution of technology in today’s world has made it difficult for people to spend quality time with their families, most parents now spend hours on their phones watching videos and doing lots of things while leaving their children under the care of a maid, this is detrimental to children and to the society at large. But spending quality time with our children and families fosters and strengthens family bond, it brings love, unity and harmony to homes.

Have you ever wondered why it is necessary to spend quality time with your family? Do you know how beneficial spending time with your family could be? What if spending quality time is the magic you need to foster happiness in your family will you do it?

Here are some Benefits of spending Quality time with your family:

1. Spending Quality Time Fosters Love and Unity in Families: Spending quality time with your family makes the family grow in love and in unity. How is that possible? You may ask, when you create meaningful time with your family, it helps to strengthen the bond within and brings about a true sense of belonging.
You do not have to do too much, some little things like playing games together, making jokes, sharing meals, cycling, hiking, watching movies, watching comedies, having a heartfelt conversation etc makes family members to feel loved and to be united.

2. It Helps In The Overall Wellbeing of Children:
Children need quality time and undivided attention from parents this helps in the overall growth and wellbeing of the child. Most children end up doing wrong things or being influenced negatively from their peers because their parents do not spend quality time with them, they are either busy with work or other commitments and forget the roles the need to play in the lives of their children.

No matter how busy you might be try and make it possible to spend quality time with them, give them your undivided attention. Children tend to learn very fast and have lots to say, but if you do not give them your attention and time they will end up confiding in other people.

Children love it if they get to interact with their family members especially their parents, it brings them joy and happiness. Even if you can not spend up to an hour with them, make the little moment you spend with them be meaningful, let them feel the impact and love you have for them, remember quality time is far more better than material things.

3. It Brings Long lasting and Cherished Memories:
Engaging in fun filled activities with your family members brings joy, laughter, happiness and long lasting memories.

These are just few of the benefits of spending quality time with your family members, please let’s not let technology, work, chores etc consume our time, let’s prioritise our family and let love lead.
Happy International family day!

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