Building Strong Families through Recreation

In the world today, the family is getting attacked more often by Satan, to try and destroy families. There are so many distractions that are placed in front of families that are slowly diminishing relationships. Phones, video games, work, and much more, are taking the place of conversation and interaction between parents and children. As well these distractions are keeping kids, teens, & even adults from getting up and moving. There are more and more children and teens that are obese because of lack of exercise and a proper diet. They are playing video games and snacking all day which is not a healthy activity for them to be doing. This is why we need to take back our families and work on building strong families through recreation activities.

Building a strong family is going to take hard work and great effort. We are fighting against the world that we live in to help our children build an healthy lifestyle and a spiritual lifestyle. With the hard work that it takes to grow a strong united family, there also has to be that point when you know where to back off. There are going to be activities that you do as a family where not all the family will enjoy it, so give it a break at times. Reach out to your children and spouse, see what they would like to do for different recreation activities. As they share their activities be there and be excited to do something that they love.

My father-in-law loves to play golf and would honestly play everyday if he could. but while my wife was growing up it was a “forced family fun” activity that they had to do a few times a month. This in turn was actually the wrong thing to do, for my wife at least. Now that she has grown and has her own choices, golf is something that she stays completely away from. So there are times when we can have our kids do things that we love and enjoy, but we must also remember their hobbies.

Another difficulty in building strong families through recreation, is the factor of time. Through out our lives we are going to have a battle with finding the time to fit everyone schedule together. Between work and school for children it is rather hard to find the time together as a family. That means that as the leader of your family, when those schedules do work out together, make sure that they are meaningful hours spent together. I will always remember growing up when summer was in season, a great deal of time was spent picking blueberries. Through the week we would pick with my mother, after she was home from work. My father worked most nights, so on the weekends we would all go out as a family and pick more. It was those times that we would spend out there together just talking and picking on each other, that I will forever cherish. Most importantly, it was those simple moments that made the best memories.

That is one thing that I would like to point out is. Building a strong family through recreation is not something that costs lots of money. There are a lot of activities that can be performed in your back yard. So, don’t feel that you have to show your kids that you have money to spend on them to have a great family. Let them know that you just truly care about them and want what is best for them. They will remember those moments a lot longer than the ones that hurt the bank.