When life was seemingly โnormalโ before coronavirus hit, our lives as parents were busy, we felt somewhat tired and sometimes overwhelmed by the pace of daily life but we had options and many ways to keep our children engaged.
I am sure you like me and all people around the world are finding ways of adjusting to this new way of living and boy is it challenging. This is an intense time for all of us. With all the uncertainty, loss of life and grief the coronavirus outbreak brings, I also believe it brings with it a great opportunity for ๐ณ๐ฎ๐บ๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ฏ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ด๐ฒ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ and ๐ฒ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฏ๐น๐ถ๐๐ต ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฟ ๐ณ๐ฎ๐บ๐ถ๐น๐ ๐๐ฎ๐น๐๐ฒ๐.
These values are personal and depend on family to family. Your family values, essentially are what your family stands for and this is also a great way to hold everyone in the home accountable (I will explore this further in a follow up post). For now the focus is on family values. Today I invite you to ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐บ๐ฎ๐ธ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฎ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐๐๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ณ๐ฎ๐บ๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐ฒ๐. Put technology away, get to know each other, help your children find their inner strength, find your own inner strength. ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ฎ ๐๐ฎ๐น๐๐ฒ๐ ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ณ๐ฎ๐บ๐ถ๐น๐ ๐๐ป๐ถ๐.
At the SoMi Centre we work a set of โfoundational valuesโ and you can use these as a starting point to establishing your own family values. The SoMi foundational values of success are ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ | ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐๐ | ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ | ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐๐ | ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ | ๐๐ป๐๐ต๐๐๐ถ๐ฎ๐๐บ | ๐๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป | ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ | ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐๐ฝ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ฏ๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐๐ | ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐น๐ณ-๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฝ๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ | ๐ง๐ต๐ฎ๐ป๐ธ๐ณ๐๐น๐ป๐ฒ๐๐ | ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ฝ๐ณ๐๐น๐ป๐ฒ๐๐ | ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐ | ๐๐ผ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป | ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ณ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ | ๐๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐ฒ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฏ๐น๐ถ๐๐ต ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ถ๐บ๐ฝ๐น๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ผ๐๐ป ๐ณ๐ฎ๐บ๐ถ๐น๐ ๐๐ฎ๐น๐๐ฒ๐. -
Take a moment and reflect on each one of these values with your children - Ask them what they think each one means if they donโt understand explain it to them - Create a definition of each value (especially the ones you may choose for your family) - Give an example of how a specific value can be used in daily life within the home and also in society. - Ask your children which values they believe apply to your family and why? A great activity to compliment this is to start having daily family reflection time. ๐ฆ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฎ ๐ณ๐ฎ๐บ๐ถ๐น๐ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ป๐ธ๐ณ๐๐น ๐ท๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐ป๐ฎ๐น.
Each day find a convenient time to sit in a circle on the floor or at the table and let everyone have a chance to say what they are thankful for. Record this in a little book, if you have very little kids they can draw their thankful and you can write it down. When the crisis is over it will be great to look back and see what we were most thankful for in a time of great challenge. It is CRITICAL now more than ever that families have clarity on their own ๐๐ฎ๐น๐๐ฒ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐๐ to keep families and children strong and working together. For if this is achieved, children and families will return when this crisis is over, with renewed energy, with a desire for life ready to face any challenge and know that ๐๐ฎ๐น๐๐ฒ๐ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐ฏ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ต๐๐บ๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ฝ๐ถ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐ฏ๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ป
P.s. remember to #stayhome