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Strong families are tied by rituals
The strong family stands apart
from others. One characteristic that
sets it apart from others is its cohe
siveness. The members of a strong
family have deep emotional ties
with each other and a keen sense of
belonging. They think alike about
the important aspects of life.
One of the outstanding ways in
which a family becomes strong is
by cultivating family rituals. A
ritual is any repeated, shared activ
ity that is full of meaning and satis
fying for all members. Many adults
fondly and vividly recall something
their family did when they were
young. One woman remembers that
her mother always read her a story
at bedtime. As she looks back in
this bedtime ritual, she recalls how
secure she felt. Another person re
members that every Christmas he
and his brother always iced a special
kind of cookie. This simple ritual
continued until the two boys left
home because it held a special
meaning for them. It gave them
personal satisfaction and was a sign
of the bond and love between them
and their mother. A 40 year old
who now has two children observed
"Rituals arc family keepsakes that
live in your heart."
In many families rituals develop
or arise with the coming of chil
dren. The bedtime rituals made a
vivid impression on the woman
when she was young. This impres
sion lives on. Today the woman is
a single parent and she continues
the ritual wit her child. It fosters in
her child a sense of pride and
"rightness," as it did for the mother
when she was young. Today, the
bedtime ritual gives her daughter an
important sense of security. The
mother remembers that she felt this
was the "right" way to sleep.
Rituals are important, not so
much for what is said or done but,
for the results they yield, the sense
of "wc-ncss" that grows out of a
shared experience and the feeling of
rightness that comes, from is
repetition.
Rituals differ from family to fam
ily. Commonly, rituals arc thought
of only around holidays or special
days. For example, one family has
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a picnic every Fourth of July; an
other goes for the last swim of the
summer on Labor Day.
Rituals should not be limited to
holidays or special occasions. One
person who studies families re
marked, "Families that have the
strongest tics have the most ritu
als." In one family the father pre
pares breakfast every Sunday morn
ing. He has always done this, and
to hear his children described it, he
always will. "It's just the way we
do it. We kids work with Dad. It's
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our time to be with him. It's the
way our family is."
Some people feel, maybe rightly
so, that our lifcstylc-thc' way wc
live family life in today's busy
times-works against rituals. Strong
families wisely cultivate rituals.
They recognize that rituals provide
the sense of continuity, understand
ing and love that strengthen family
closeness. Rituals give family
members the opportunity for pleas
ant association, the "pause of satis
faction" so vital in our families'
lives. In a word, rituals touch the
heart of the family; they give
members a reason to feel good
about their family and each other.
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Most important, rituals are sym
bols of how family members feel
about each other.
Take an inventor of your family
rituals, when all the family mem
bers are together. Ask "what do we
do that has special meaning to us?
What do wc do over and over again
that makes us feel good?" or "what
do wc do or say that makes us dif
ferent from others?" Have one
family member write down the
rituals mentioned in the discussion;
alter making the list, talk about
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why each ritual is important. "Docs
anyone remember how it started or
when it started?" Probably not, but
they know why it as important to
them. This is a good time to begin
a new ritual or improve one you
already have. Remember, these
family keepsakes will live on in
their hearts.
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extension office at 987-2028 or
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