Experiential learning vs. didactic teaching is the norm. Works best with parents with young children. Parents of adolescents must be more creative in finding time to be with their teenager. Works well in a laid-back, informal kind of church. Trained facilitators can really help families to connect.
Families often find themselves out of their comfort zones.
Taken to the extreme, there would be no age level programming, no childcare during worship services, etc. During adolescence kids typically are establishing independence from not connecting with their parents. If children are multiple ages, it is hard to keep young ones quiet and older ones interested. Heritage Builders Family Traditions , Otis Ledbetter and Tim Smith, Chariot Victor, 1998. Raising a Modern day Knight , Robert Lewis, Tyndale House, 1997.