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I love attending my school’s family day. It’s such a joyous occasion to see all families gathered up and supporting their children, their siblings, or their nieces and nephews.<\/span><\/p>\n School is one of the best places to witness the essence of family culture. Everyone, right from the kids to other members of the family, looks forward to being a part of the family day. After all, it gives the older generation an excellent chance to relive their school days.<\/span><\/p>\n Some families come in color-coordinated clothes. Some families even perform together on stage, and some are very conservative.<\/span><\/p>\n One thing is obvious; they all have their own family culture.<\/span><\/p>\n Family culture is a collection of your family values, standards and ethics, and traditions that your family adheres to; some of these are passed down from generation to generation.<\/span><\/p>\n So, what is a family culture? It is what makes your family unique as a unit. It is your identity; it is what makes you known. If you think your family doesn’t have an “identity,” you are mistaken. Every family has this!<\/span><\/p>\n Does your family pray together before sleeping? Does your family like traveling? Does your family love music? Does your family like reading? Does your family enjoy arts and crafts? Does your family have daily or weekly family dinners?<\/span><\/p>\n I know of families who finished school at the same university or college, and they would go out to watch their school’s games against their rival teams. I know of families who always go on vacation every summer. I know of families who are always joining fun runs.<\/span><\/p>\n These are some of the examples of family traditions that are instrumental in building strong families. These family culture examples around the world inspire us to have one for ourselves, too, that can contribute to building a strong family.<\/span><\/p>\n Family and culture are inseparable. Yes, your family culture is important because, like your identity, family culture is what makes your family an integral part of your existence.<\/span><\/p>\n Family conflicts and challenges reveal just how important family culture is, as in the case of sibling rivalries.<\/span><\/p>\n Family psychologists and therapists stress the importance of building and cultivating a family culture.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n When siblings fight, it’s not the frequency nor the intensity of those fights that define<\/span> sibling relationships<\/span><\/a>. Family culture and tradition build little moments that make up for the difficulties and conflicts.<\/span><\/p>\n By building our own family culture, we can protect our relationship with our family.<\/span><\/p>\n Family culture invites us to see how important the small things are. Through our family culture, we are able to come back to something when our external world becomes too demanding and too overwhelming.<\/span><\/p>\n Family culture is what makes our house a home to come back to.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n How to build a family culture? Keep reading<\/span><\/p>\n Building your own family culture is imperative for building strong family values, which eventually help us to <\/span>stay connected<\/span><\/a> and strong in testing times. Here are the simple steps you can follow to create your own family culture.<\/span><\/p>\n Families in different cultures function differently. So, it is essential to identify what culture prevails in your family without comparing it with others. Family beliefs and values must be viewed separately in the interest of the entire household.<\/span><\/p>\n It’s not that difficult to identify what your family culture is. You can start by listing anything that seems to be a part of your lifestyle all down in bullets or through a colorful and fun activity called mind mapping.<\/span><\/p>\n Mind mapping is a great tool to reveal what other things we can associate with the central idea. In finding out what your family culture is, you can put your family downright in the center of it the map, and from there, try to give “definitions” to your family.<\/span><\/p>\n You can add just simple words, values, or even activities that you are already doing. And you can make a separate mind map for values or activities that you would like for your family to work on.<\/span><\/p>\n Get a big piece of paper, and some colorful markers, and start mind mapping!<\/span><\/p>\n By the end of this activity, you will have made a spider-like structure and an idea of what your family’s culture is.<\/span><\/p>\n “We are what we repeatedly do.” – Will Durant, in <\/span>his study<\/span><\/a> of Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics.<\/span><\/p>\n After identifying the things that your family members associate with you all being a family, you can now begin to keep doing it and turning it into a habit.<\/span><\/p>\n So, how to build a strong family relationship?<\/span><\/p>\n If one of the things that your family truly values is ‘learning’ or you wish ‘learning’ to be the ‘tradition definition’ for kids, then a<\/span> scrabble game<\/span><\/a> night on Fridays could be something that you could do as a way to reinforce the meaning of this value.<\/span><\/p>\n We do not only stop at building these into habits. We continuously reinforce these because there is value to it.<\/span><\/p>\n Having a family culture is important because it provides you and your children a loving safety net when things go difficult.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n The idea behind creating a family culture is not to create a list of things to do. It’s about finding out what your family believes in, and what your family values are.<\/span><\/p>\n Also, watch this Ted talk video on family values and take some cues:<\/span><\/i><\/span>What is family culture?<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n
<\/span>Why is family culture important?<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n
<\/span>10 simple steps to build a strong family culture<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n
1. Identify what your family culture is<\/b><\/h3>\n
2. Make it a habit<\/b><\/h3>\n
Related Reading: <\/i><\/b>10 Best Habits of Happy Relationships<\/span><\/i><\/a><\/pre>\n
3. Cultivate the importance of each habit<\/b><\/h3>\n
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