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Introduction

When is an ideal time to do fun, creative activities with our children? To many of us it may seem to be…

• When it’s not raining and not too hot outside
• When we’ve had ten hours of sleep the night before
• When that big project at the office is finally completed
• When the phone isn’t ringing
• When no one has a runny nose, a dirty bottom, or an upset stomach
• When our older children aren’t at another activity and are actually home
• When we have a big block of time and we don’t know how to fill it

Our list could go on and on, but you get the picture! When is an ideal time to build relationships with our children? We would have to conclude – Never! It’s not that we plan to neglect building family relationships, but in today’s fast-paced world, it can easily happen. We can have god intentions and simply lack the time to carry them out. Some make the mistake of only looking for large blocks of time to do special things with their children. In a two-week summer vacation, they attempt to saturate each child with enough memories to last another year. They are determined to have fun and build memories, no matter how much pain and suffering it entails.