- Weekly family night (movie, games, bonding) playdate
- Adopt an elderly neighbor (family checks in on neighbor, mows lawn, etc.)
- Small group in home (biweekly) for families of similar age teaching parenting
- Small group parenting online study (Ron Deal)
- Incorporate a daily family devotional time
- Family meals (share about your day); sit together at table
- Establish no cellphone/electronics use for a designated time each day; instead play game/art/crafts
- Involve children in meal preparation
- Invite neighbors to a neighborhood cookout/ games
- 40 days life changing family worship
- Backyard/normal camping
- Kids Pick Day (kids plan the whole day of fun, food, and activities)
- Resources/Poster: How to support your child’s mental health
- Life Groups: getting together with other families during the week for dinner
- Open house/ Block party for neighborhood
- Kid-led family worship
- 30 life questions to ask your grandparents
- Family community outreach projects (coffee cards, neighborhood clean-up)
- Adopt a family with a kid in prison/hospital
- Father/mother son-daughter events
- Step family seminar/help
- Use of electronics to send positive messages to the family
- Family workout challenge
- Family talent showcase
- Parents night out (coordinate with family life groups)
- Evenings/days together with friends of children/youth to get to know/influence them
- Make up a family holiday to devote time together
- Discuss family rules/discipline strategies with older children
- Discuss sexuality in the family context
- Family freeze tag
- Try one new thing together for a week
Resources