3. Action Post

As a social worker I plan to educate my clients on the importance of family time and how much of an impact it has on their family. I plan to speak to my clients both parents, and child or children to get information on time spent with one another. I will ask a series of questions on how they feel about each other as far as love, trust, bonds, self-confidence within themselves, and more. I will find out what the parents work schedules are and what activities the child or children are involved in other than school.

Once I gathering the information given from the family I will then go over the information that I have gathered. Once I go over the gathered information I will see how and when family times can be incorporated. Once I come up with a suggestion on how family time can take place, I will present it to the family as a whole. After presenting this to the family I would ask that they try this method for a week and come back to see me.

When we meet back up the following we week, we will discuss how setting aside the family time made them feel. I would like each member of the family to speak on how it made them feel one by one.  Hopefully the feedback is positive and they are willing to stick to the suggested plan. If the suggested plan doesn’t work for the family I would be open to take their suggestions on what they think went wrong and what think would allow family time to work. Setup a follow up and see if it went better the second time around.

Hopefully; educating my clients on the importance of family time will persuade them to set the time aside for their families. I also plan to have other resources available for some families that would like to attend fun outdoors by offer coupons or deals to make it cheaper. I also can offer them finical resource classes to attend to help with budgeting so they can do things.  

2. Passionate Post

Based on past experiences, growing up I was raised by my grandmother and dinner was severed around the same time daily. Everyone would come and sit at the table and prepare to bless the food in prayer. I felt this made our family household stronger. We would sit and talk about each other day, the ups and down, and make one another laugh and smile. I always looked forward to this time of the day to be in the same room with everyone in the house.

As I grew older and had a child of my own, I honestly thought that the same tradition would carry over into my own life. When I entered the working world and became a mom, I have no time for structured dinners and family time. I often feel that my time with my child is mainly after school for few hours in the car while traveling to take her to her dance activity. We both have busy lives so majority of the time by time we get home in the evening we are both tired and exhausted and just want to eat, shower, and hit the bed.

I feel that setting time aside for family time is very important to each person in the family. I feel it gives young children that willingness to know that when I have a issue or problem in my life I can go to mommy, daddy, sister, or brother to let them know what I'm going through. Some days when I pick my child up from school, she has a ear full to tell me. She tells me about what happened in school, how much homework she has, what she would like to do for the weekend.

Family time is just the best time, you find out things about your kids as they grow. Some kids parents get so wrapped up in work life and stress that kids are afraid to talk to their parents in fear of being yelled at or being ignored. I feel that as a family we should try and just set times in our schedule for our family. You don't want to be known to your family as the parents that all they did was work. I feel it effects not only the children but also marriages, if one doing more than the other in the house with the kids.

1. Informative Post

Are you setting time aside to be with your family!!! Finding quality time in this busy world often seems impossible. Research shows that children who spend quality time with their loved ones seems to have self-confidence. They are more sociable; which allows them to find it kinds of easy to build relationships. 

A new survey says that parents and children have less than eight hours together total each week. Also stating that weekends are best with an average of two hours and twenty minutes on both Saturdays and Sundays given over to family time. Children like when their parents are active in their lives. They seek the wanted attention from inside the home first.

Family times also created a bond of trust. Engaging in group activities develops strong relationships within the family. Making time for the family teaches kids valuable things in life like fairness and kindness among one another. A strong family finds the opportunities for quality time. 

Spending quality time with your children impacts their emotional and social-wellbeing, but also can impact their academics. Children whose parents are involved in their daily lives tend to do better in school. Eating meals together, talking about the events of the day, watching movies, are some examples of spending quality time with each other.

References:

https://lifeadvancer.com/spending-time-with-family

 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2363193/No-time-family-You-Parents-children-spend-hour-day-modern-demands.html