What weekly family traditions does your family have?

[Anonymous]

Breakfast and dinner every day as a family (17ds, 15ds and 13ds).

Saturday pancakes, Sunday French toast. Weekend game night of monopoly, risk, or codenames.

[Anonymous]

When I was teen we would always do a big dinner on sunday. I was an only, so it would be my parents and if I was dating someone, she was always invited.

[Anonymous]

We have family dinner every Sunday. Unless we have guests staying with us or an absolute emergency arises, it's family only and the kids can't miss it in favor of other plans. We've had no issues with this rule. We've actually parlayed Sunday dinner into family game night now. It's a good way to regroup before the new week starts and have some quality family time.

My daughter and I take a yoga class together each Saturday morning and have been doing that for 3 years now. I'll miss it this fall when she's off to college. Not really a tradition, but a solid routine that we've only skipped when one of us is sick, so maybe a handful of times.

Even though the kids are almost 16 and almost 18, we still do the first day of school and last day of school photos. Does that count as a tradition? I love them!

My husband and I go out for brunch every Sunday. We've done this since when we were younger and living in DC when "going to brunch" meant "getting food to cure your hangover." Sometimes the kids join us, sometimes they don't. I don't remember when "getting food to cure your hangover" became "adult brunch" but it was something we just kept doing as we aged and settled.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:On Sunday nights, we have a family meeting. We all take turns talking about the best and worst things from the week and talk about schedules and concerns for the upcoming week as well as areas to improve upon.

Good god why would you do this!? Like we don't get enough of this at work...

https://theweek.com/articles/444395/6-things-happiest-families-all-have-common

"You're not mom or dad anymore — you're now co-CEO's. To find the way to keep a family improving, Bruce turned to the world of business.
Your family needs a weekly board meeting with all the shareholders present. Sound cold and clinical? Wrong.
Bruce's wife says it's one of the best things they've done to make their own family life happier.
It's not complicated and it only takes 20 minutes, once a week.
Here's Bruce:
We basically ask three questions. What worked well this week, what didn't work well this week, and what will we agree to work on in the week ahead?
And if the kids meet the goal, they get to help pick a reward. And if they don't, they get to help pick a punishment. "

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Interesting question. We are not religious so we don’t have any. I always wonder if my kids are missing out, but I didn’t have any as a kid either!

Wonder if any non-religious people have any?

Why would you have to be religious to have traditions? There are can traditions other than church - pizza night; movie night; family dinner, etc.

[Anonymous]

Saturday morning homemade pancakes.

Sunday morning 1 hour of everyone in the family reading. No homework, no screens. Just old-fashioned books and silence for an hour.

Taco Tuesdays

We do family meetings, too - but more like once a month.

We have other holiday and milestone birthday family traditions but those clearly aren't weekly.

[Anonymous]

Friday is pizza/movie night. Sunday mornings we always have homemade waffles, and Sunday evenings are game night.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:On Sunday nights, we have a family meeting. We all take turns talking about the best and worst things from the week and talk about schedules and concerns for the upcoming week as well as areas to improve upon.

Good god why would you do this!? Like we don't get enough of this at work...

https://theweek.com/articles/444395/6-things-happiest-families-all-have-common

"You're not mom or dad anymore — you're now co-CEO's. To find the way to keep a family improving, Bruce turned to the world of business.
Your family needs a weekly board meeting with all the shareholders present. Sound cold and clinical? Wrong.
Bruce's wife says it's one of the best things they've done to make their own family life happier.
It's not complicated and it only takes 20 minutes, once a week.
Here's Bruce:
We basically ask three questions. What worked well this week, what didn't work well this week, and what will we agree to work on in the week ahead?
And if the kids meet the goal, they get to help pick a reward. And if they don't, they get to help pick a punishment. "

Maybe works for them, but to me that would feel soul-sucking.

We have Sunday dinner with candles, prayer, and just conversation -- we are church-goers, so there's always something to say about the sermon or the music or friends we saw that day.
We don't only talk about church -- we talk about movies, politics, sports, , etc. -- but no logistics, no scheduling, no goal-setting, no board meeting.

[Anonymous]

We do Friday pizza night too.

We always go out to eat for Sunday lunch. Sunday night dinner is popcorn, cheese and fruit in the family room in front of the TV.

[Anonymous]

Friday night take out- each week, a different person gets to choose the cuisine/restaurant

Sat lunch (and sometimes activity) with grandparents

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: Please stop posting in the teen and tween forum if you do not have this age range at home!!! Get a life and move to the other forums. Thei traditions you have now with your seven-year-old will not be what still holds true when they are teens. Please answer only when you have helpful information for the people in this group.

People include 10 and 11-year olds in tweens. Why so angry? Flag the evil posts about 7-yr-olds and get it deleted so that it no longer offends you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: Please stop posting in the teen and tween forum if you do not have this age range at home!!! Get a life and move to the other forums. Thei traditions you have now with your seven-year-old will not be what still holds true when they are teens. Please answer only when you have helpful information for the people in this group.

People include 10 and 11-year olds in tweens. Why so angry? Flag the evil posts about 7-yr-olds and get it deleted so that it no longer offends you.

OP could have been more specific. For instance "for a family that only has children from 14 to 17 and NOT any family with a 8 and 11 yr-old"

[Anonymous]

Saturday/Sunday morning cuddles in bed with cartoons and soft toys. Yummy breakfast like waffles or pancakes or omelettes.

Sunday night family dinners with extended family.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Saturday/Sunday morning cuddles in bed with cartoons and soft toys. Yummy breakfast like waffles or pancakes or omelettes.

Sunday night family dinners with extended family.

You’re either being sarcastic or in the wrong forum. Which is it?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Saturday/Sunday morning cuddles in bed with cartoons and soft toys. Yummy breakfast like waffles or pancakes or omelettes.

Sunday night family dinners with extended family.

You’re either being sarcastic or in the wrong forum. Which is it?

You do not cuddle with your 17-yr-old and soft toys?