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In addition
to Christian counseling, marriage counseling, family counseling, and mental health
counseling (depression, bipolar, etc.), Dick and Jean Wulf own The Great Relationships
Store with resources for families, children, couples and marriages. Dick also
has the Enough is Enough! Initiative to Strengthen Families and Reduce Crime,
a secular effort for cities and communities. Dick with Ray Seldomridge have the
"2 or 3 Christianity (dot) com ministry to build up the basic strength of
the church through Christian friendships, Christian marriages, and Christian families.
Dick also directs The Lamb's Bride Project that provides small group leadership
training. Jean directs Spiritual Growth Ministries that provides tools for spiritual
and emotional healing through prayer.
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Family Nights Accomplish Much
© 1998
Dick
Wulf, MSW, LCSW
Few things are better
than a regular Family Night to stabilize a family and give kids a feeling that
the family is a priority. Try this out and see if it helps your family.
We’re
talking FUN here, not a family business meeting. For business see the web
article How to Use Family Meetings to Solve Family Problems.
Family
Nights should be weekly, but if the family just cannot make that happen, every
other week should be the minimum. If kids and mothers and fathers are to be able
to look forward to being with their family, a foundation of fun times together
is priceless.
When your
children are young, you will do much of the planning. But remember that people
grow through making decisions. So involve the kids in deciding what to do as much
as possible.
As your kids
get older, hand more and more responsibility for the Family Nights over to them.
When my three daughters were teenagers, each one was responsible for one Family
Night a month. I was responsible for the fourth. Their mother was responsible
for helping with food, and she planned any fifth Family Night that came along
in a month.
Hardly ever
should you cancel a Family Night. Instead, postpone it to the next available time.
That might have to be a Saturday morning.
And
having a regular Family Night does not mean not doing things together on the weekends.
The difference is that Family Night is something regular and predictable, while
weekend activities are often spontaneous and flexible – and sometimes do
not happen at all. The predictability of a Family Night gives kids a sense of
stability. They can see that the family is important if it has its own regular
time for fun, relationships and enjoyment.
Dick
Wulf, MSW, LCSW
Colorado Springs,
Colorado
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