Tip #14 of Love Your Child month: make family routines and traditions. Try sharing at least one meal as a family every day. If weekdays are impossible, then every weekend. Children like routines, and it can be a great time for sharing the day’s events. Some local ideas for starting a family tradition could include trips to Buffalo Bayou and Buffalo Bayou Art Park, volunteering at local soup kitchens or shelters, hanging out at the Kemah Boardwalk, or just staying in and having a family movie night in the living room together!

Did your family have special traditions when you were growing up? What were they, and why did you appreciate them?