I've come across this same thought in a couple of different ways this week and have been thinking about it a lot. One person's idea was to make at least one tradition for each month. Sit down and look at the calendar and if there isn't at least one holiday or birthday every month, make up a holiday to do something fun like a "welcome spring" holiday with a picnic.
"Create meaningful family bonds that give your children an identity stronger than what they can find with their peer group or at school or anyplace else. This can be done through family traditions for birthdays, for holidays, for dinnertime, and for Sundays. It can also be done through family policies and rules with natural and well-understood consequences. Have a simple family economy where children have specific chores or household duties and receive praise or other rewards commensurate to how well they do. Teach them the importance of avoiding debt and of earning, saving, and wisely spending money. Help them learn responsibility for their own temporal and spiritual self-reliance."
"What Matters Most Is What Lasts Longest," Ensign, Nov. 2005, 43 Elder M. Russell Ballard
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Powerful message. This world is so difficult that even when you have taught it is so easy to slip. Without the teaching there isn't much hope. What better way to teach than in fun activities, family finances, making your own fun instead of always paying for entertainment.
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