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Parenting Children - September 30, 2012

Day 47 - Developing family traditions, routines, and rituals

• traditions create a family identity
• help our children feel they belong
• positive traditions reinforce our values
• our children will be more secure and better able to resist peer pressure when necessary
• daily routines (see Session 1)
• weekly traditions
• family night (see Session 1)
• weekends
• church
• annual traditions
• family vacations
• birthdays
• Christmas and other holidays
• marking the seasons

Question:
Complete the attached worksheet.

From Series: "Parenting Children Ages 0-10"

Study Guide

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  • bedtime

–          important that children get enough sleep (see table attached)

–          bath time. story time, prayer time

–          provides natural opportunities to talk to and pass on our values to our children

–          sets in place channels of communication on every IeveI

  • emotional
  • physical
  • spiritual

Do your children get enough sleep?  Why?  What changes to routine might help?

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