(Optional) Develop a plan for rituals, traditions, and family activities.

Development should include

  • identifying ways that individual activities can infringe on family time
  • using the FCCLA planning process
  • identifying time management strategies
  • identifying activities that the family can enjoy together
  • evaluating the plan.

Process/Skill Questions:

Thinking

  • How do family activities and quality time help strengthen families?
  • What are the short-term and long-term consequences of spending time with family members? Of not spending time with family members?
  • What specific FCCLA programs could be used to help plan family activities?

Communication

  • Why is it sometimes difficult for families to find time to spend together?
  • What is the relationship between family values and time spent together?

Leadership

  • How can family activities foster interdependence and independence?
  • Who should plan and carry out family activities?
  • What leadership skills can be used to persuade family members of the value of family activities?
  • How can students use FCCLA national programs to plan family activities?

Management

  • What factors determine the type of activities a family enjoys?
  • What are some examples of family activities that take a lot of planning?