Let's look at several different family scenarios to explore the nature and quality of family spirit. She feels lonely, but feels the physical needs of her children must come first. Dad enjoys his freedom to finish projects at work and eats later, usually by himself. Another mother feeds her children snacks and arranges dinner with her husband when he arrives home on evenings he gets home late. Dinner is a shared project.
Time is spent catching up on chores on the weekends, which are busy and tiring.
Parents connect with one another, but do not know a lot about their children's daily experiences. Children and parents share what happened in the day, during dinnertime. Bedtime follows soon afterwards with stories continuing from the dinner table to the bed. First, our children are learning how we negotiate to come together in the family. Ask yourself these questions to explore what kind of family you want to create.