Reprinted for use in Kansas by Charles A. Smith, Extension Specialist, Human Development. Celebrate Your Family is intended to help your family develop its strengths. The only two requirements for celebrating your family are a desire to do something that will strengthen the family further, and a family commitment to set aside some time for strength-building activities. A strong family is made up of persons who appreciate each other. They value what they have.
Members prize or cherish one another and they show it.
They do not take each other for granted. Family members daily show their appreciation for the little things that are said and done. When one person prepares a meal, the others express their thanks. The child expresses his appreciation when a parent plays a game with him or drives him to a friend s house. Every person in the family works at making the house into a home.