Time together
"You don't wait until you have time; you make time."
I've had that line said to me enough times to now know the difference between missing something due to lack of time and missing something because it wasn't a priority. After all, if one wants something real badly, he will find a way to get it -- that's usually the case.
A lot's been said about quality time, especially where family is concerned. Here's something I got from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln site, which devotes a lot of resources to family research. It delves on the merits of spending time together with our family.
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Is it quality time or quantity of time that's important? According to researchers Nick Stinnett and John DeFrain, it's both! In a survey of over 3,000 families living in the United States and abroad, time together was identified as one of six characteristics found in families who seem best prepared to meet the challenges of modern-day living.
"We know that poor relationships within the family are related to many of the problems in society," note family life researchers Nick Stinnett and John DeFrain. "Strong families are made. Step by step," they proclaim. And spending time together - quality time in large quantities - has been found to be one of the important steps necessary to achieving a strong family.
Benefits of spending time together
"Families benefit from shared time because it eases loneliness and isolation, nurtures relation-ships and creates a family identity," they explain. Furthermore, strong families understand that communication simply isn't going to be good unless they have time together.
The rest of the article may be read at a UNL for Families page.
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I've had that line said to me enough times to now know the difference between missing something due to lack of time and missing something because it wasn't a priority. After all, if one wants something real badly, he will find a way to get it -- that's usually the case.
A lot's been said about quality time, especially where family is concerned. Here's something I got from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln site, which devotes a lot of resources to family research. It delves on the merits of spending time together with our family.
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Is it quality time or quantity of time that's important? According to researchers Nick Stinnett and John DeFrain, it's both! In a survey of over 3,000 families living in the United States and abroad, time together was identified as one of six characteristics found in families who seem best prepared to meet the challenges of modern-day living.
"We know that poor relationships within the family are related to many of the problems in society," note family life researchers Nick Stinnett and John DeFrain. "Strong families are made. Step by step," they proclaim. And spending time together - quality time in large quantities - has been found to be one of the important steps necessary to achieving a strong family.
Benefits of spending time together
"Families benefit from shared time because it eases loneliness and isolation, nurtures relation-ships and creates a family identity," they explain. Furthermore, strong families understand that communication simply isn't going to be good unless they have time together.
The rest of the article may be read at a UNL for Families page.
posted by sunnyday at 9:14 PM
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