Families set limits on television, the Internet and other electronic media if these are dominating family life inside the home. Families seek out ways to participate together in activities that build and serve their communities. Schools, faith communities, neighborhoods, and other groups provide families with resources to develop deeper bonds in a fragmenting world. Schools, faith communities, neighborhoods and other groups offer regular intergenerational activities, so that whole families can participate. Community activity groups of all kinds have explicit working policies that acknowledge, support, and respect families' decisions to make family time a priority.
Employers have explicit working policies that honor families' time and energy needs.
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