Are You Spending Enough Quality Time With Your Family?
A recent study shows that most people these days don’t spend enough quality time with their family to create a strong and healthy relationship with their spouse, children, or parents. Spending quality family time in this busy day and age is a challenge for many. A new survey revealed that average American families are enjoying just 37 minutes of “quality time” together as a family on a regular weekdays. That gets little better at 2 hours and 40 minutes on weekend days. While American adults spend nearly 3 hours a day on social media, spending just 37 minutes a day with family sounds pretty disheartening. Due to lack of family…
How to Teach Your Kids Gratitude
Teaching kids gratitude goes beyond simply teaching them good manners and being polite. Gratitude is more than that. It is a lifestyle that leads us to a positive mindset, healthier and stronger relationships, and overall contentment. Teaching your kids gratitude is about teaching them to appreciate everything they have, and teaching them to show generosity and compassion to others – which actually contributes to their own happiness. What is Gratitude? According to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, gratitude is simply “the state of being grateful.” It is a strong feeling of appreciation to someone or something for the good that person has done, and readiness to return that kindness. The Harvard Medical School provides more details,…
How a Multi-purpose Family Room Can Strengthen Your Relationships
All families have their own priorities that are unique to their own circumstances. But every family has one common desire – to bond with each other and spend quality time together. As a family, our quality of living greatly depends on the ability to care for others and how we share our joy, happiness, concern, values, and how we connect with each other on a regular basis. And having a multi-purpose family room in your home can strengthen your relationships and bring the whole family closer. If your home does not have a common seating area where all the family members can gather to catch up, to share stories, to…
How You Can Afford to Live on ONE Income Comfortably
In today’s crazy world, living on one income comfortably seems like an impossible dream for many couples. Some people want to leave their jobs and live on one income so they can be a full-time stay at home parent to prepare for a new baby, or to care for their young kids, or to pursue a dream. Many want to adopt a simpler and less stressful lifestyle without having to worry about money, but can’t afford to do so. The daily grind of being a two-career family with kids can be exhausting, stressful, and expensive. Many families with young children would prefer living on one income so they can spend…
Is Your Home What It is Meant to Be?
Home is the nicest word there is. Well, for many of us it is the nicest word, or at least one of the nicest that reminds us of comfort, rest, love, joy, and peace. But there are people for whom ‘home’ is just another word for chaos. A place where there is nothing but mess and clutter. Instead of a peaceful resting place, some of our homes are a stress trigger that constantly reminds us of our pending cleaning jobs, piles of dirty dishes and clothes, things that need to be sorted out and organized, and unresolved issues that need to be taken care of. Your home must be a…