“All of us should be able to say, thanks to the experience of our life in the family: (It is through this that) ‘We come to believe in the love that God has for us’”

(Amoris Laetitia 290)

Introduce prayer into your child’s life/remind your child about prayer by asking them to name their blessings before bedtime and thank God together for the joys in their life.

“The educational process that occurs between parents and children can be helped or hindered by the increasing sophistication of the communications and entertainment media.”

(Amoris Laetitia 278)

New forms of communication enable family members who live apart to keep in touch but there are also risks to family life as a result of these new forms of communication and media. In your particular family setting reflect on the extent to which the benefits of these new forms outweigh the risks and what you can do to monitor and improve this experience for your family.

Family is the first experience of society that children encounter. It is here that “we first learn to relate to others, to listen and share, to be patient and show respect, to help one another and live as one”

(Amoris Laetitia 276)

Every day the family has opportunities to practice care for others, rethink our habits of consumption, and care for the environment as our home. Reflect as a family this week on how you care for each other and our environment.

"When children or adolescents are not helped to realise that some things have to be waited for, they become obsessed with satisfying their immediate needs and develop the vice of 'wanting it all now'."  

(Amoris Laetitia 275)

Learning to wait for things, in other words having patience, is an important life lesson. In what ways can you help foster in your children an appreciation of and sense of contentment with what they have.?