Hard Economic Times...call for Family Time

In these hard economic times…have you noticed how advertisers are encouraging people to spend time with their families at home?

Companies like Kraft and Stouffers are encouraging people to save money and stay at home with their family.

The new Kraft singles commercials that I saw over the weekend; shows you all the great ways that you can create an inexpensive and healthy meal with your family. The commercials suggest different ways to beef up a grilled cheese sandwich. The commercial shows a mother and daughter making the meals together. How you seen the commercials? Did the commercial inspire you to spend time with your family? Does this sound like Asset language to you, it does to me?

As I was growing up meal time meant family time.

Stouffers is all about family meal time on their website “Stouffers Dinner Moments”.

This section of the website is so family focused it is wild!!! You should really go check it out http://www.dinnermoments.com/default.aspx. The video under the “Let’s fix Dinner” tab has a lot of Asset language, which reinforces that the idea that you are building Asset and do not even relies it. As we say in the training Search’s research just supports and reinforces the great things that many of you are already doing. Check out the website and let me know what you think. Also, share your meal time ideas with others by posting them on the blog.

These are the Assets that family dinner time will build: (This list might be shorter if I was to list Assets that can NOT be built at the dinner table.)

• Asset #1—Family Support

• Asset # 2—Positive Family Communication

• Asset # 3--- Other Adult Role Relationships (encourage your children to invite their role models to dinner with your family)

• Asset #11--- Family Boundaries (This will give you as parents the opportunity/ venue to discuss family boundaries

• Asset # 20--- Time at home

What other Assets do you see that could be built around the dinner table?

Family Games Night “Bring Home the Fun”

Here is what Hasbro has to say about Family Game Night…Let me know what your families favorite game is.

“Family Game Night!

It's time to bring home a new game and bring your family together - it's time for FAMILY GAME NIGHT! HASBRO games are a tried and true medium for lively, engaging, face-to-face fun and connection.

When you bring home a new game and make a night of staying in and playing, your family gets to laugh, trash talk, have new adventures, and get into the fun!

With so many new Hasbro games, the possibilities for Family Game Night are endless!”

http://www.hasbro.com/familygamenight/