What makes a family? A family is the person or people you live within a small or big group. People in a family love and take care of each other. You might live in one family, or you might live in two. Your family might have lots of people, or just a few, any of members might be part of your family. Some families include people of different races and colors. Family members don’t always live together. But even if you’re away from people.

Whether your family is big or small, you can help build a strong relationship if you take time to have some fun together.

Here are some ideas.

.Play games together. Some families like board games, card games, charades or twenty questions. It can be fun to learn new games together.

.Make yourselves into a human sculpture by wrapping your arms and legs together.

.Make trails for miniature cars all through your home or around the yard. Play with the cars together.

.Play ball, tag, or hide-and-seek.

.Tell stories. Ask your grandparents, parents, aunts, and uncles to tell you what it was like when they were young.

.Plan once-a-week family fun time. Watch a video together. Tell a story. Have a picnic on the patio or porch. One way to have weekly family time is with a family meeting.

.Bake a cake together and take it to a neighbor or a grandparent.

.Go biking, in-line skating, skiing, or swimming together.

.Hike or walk together,

.Singing or dance.  Ask family adults to show you how to do “old days’ dances.

.Have a pillow fight or water fight.

.Make family rules.  Believe it or not, it can be fun to do this together. You might make rule setting part of a family meeting.

.Make a family job chart. Choose the jobs each person will do.

.Write a family motto. A motto is something your family stands of, such as “We’re a together family” “We’re a jogging family’ or ‘We’re a sing-along family’

.Plant flowers or garden. Enjoy weeding, watering, and watching your garden grow.

.Start a family journal or photo album.

With all these things, believe it or not, you already build a strong family, its call a Men of good lives. A strong family, nothing else can break it up.