Family Values: Time together

Time together

Time together Every family wants a household full of happy heads, which is why Vosene is helping us embrace the values that help us bring the best out of our families. This month, we’re celebrating time together. Here are our tips on spending more time with your family...

Set aside time

Set aside time It can be difficult to juggle everything you need to do, however it\'s important that your family are your priority. Finding time to work, exercise and do everything you need to do around the house and do extracurricular activities can be challenging enough, however setting aside time to spend with your family will make the world of difference. Start by planning at least one evening a week when everyone is required to be home without any interruptions or excuses.

Eat together

Eat together If stretching to find time in the week for the whole family to sit down together is too much trouble, try spending eating time together. Get the whole family involved in preparing the meal and setting the table, and make sure you all sit together in one room with the TV turned off.

Plan trips

Plan trips Whether it’s a Sunday afternoon playing games in the park or a big holiday away, plan trips with your family and encourage everyone to make suggestions on where to go or what to do, so that everyone gets a chance to do the things they enjoy. Sometimes just getting out of the house helps you reconnect with the ones you love and you’ll get to have some fun in the process.

Have family routines and rituals

Have family routines and traditions Creating your own family routines or traditions will bring everyone together and also get everyone into the habit of spending time together to prevent distractions or excuses. Routines could include doing household chores or reading together before bedtime and traditions could include special things to do for each other on birthdays and other occasions.

Win great prizes with Vosene

Win great prizes with Vosene Do you make the most of spending time together as a family? Then Vosene wants to hear from you. Send in your stories and photos showing what time together means to you and your family and you could win the chance to have a chef cook a meal for you and your family in your own home! Plus if you are the winning family for this month, you’ll automatically be entered into a grand final to win a fantastic holiday worth up to £10,000 of your choice of either a Walt Disney World adventure in Florida, a Mark Warner sunshine escape to Kos or an African safari. \r\n

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