Family traditions are inherent in the family norms and behavior, habits and views, as well as traditions that are inherited. There are also family customs - the established order of behavior in everyday life.
The role of family traditions in the upbringing of children
Family and family traditions are the basis for raising children. After all, it is in the family that the child learns the first experience of interaction with people, understands the multifacetedness of human relations, develops spiritually, morally, mentally and physically. In each house there is a set of certain rules and habits that are performed on the machine. Family traditions and customs help to interact normally with society, make the family cohesive, strengthen family ties, improve mutual understanding and reduce the number of quarrels. In family circles where there are and are traditions of family upbringing, children listen to the opinion of parents, and parents show attention to the problems of children and help them cope with them.
Main Types of Family Traditions
- Family holidays and traditions dedicated to them. For example, a birthday, which often becomes the first significant incident in the fate of the child. Gifts, special preparation, festive dishes stand out such a day among others and allows you to feel the importance of the event to the birthday person, teaches you to receive guests. This includes the celebration of national holidays, which unites people in the range of the country, the world.
- Common games with children. So parents set an example for a child, introduce various activities, teach him various skills.
- Collection of the whole family. For example, in order to understand the cases, outline further plans for a specific period, discuss the budget and expenses of the family. This enables the child to have an idea of family events, to take responsibility, to participate in solving family issues.
- Traditions of hospitality, joint dinners of all family members. Hashbosolstvo is also considered a national tradition that unites families, and strengthens ties with friends.
- Celebration of significant events in the family: anniversaries, successes and achievements of the household.
- Traditions of punishment and encouragement. This stimulates the child to control his actions. However, excessive strictness of the rules limits the freedom of the child, overloads his psyche. Do not enter rules that complicate life.
- Tales before going to bed.
- Wishes good night, good morning, a kiss for the night. Such relationships are important even with a grown-up child. After all, from the lack of care and affection children grow up stiff and stale.
- Travel, family walks, trips to the museum, theater - develop the spiritual feelings of the child.
Many customs can be adopted by the family from Orthodox family traditions: prayer before meals and before bed, reading the Bible, attending church, fasting, baptizing children, celebrating Orthodox holidays.
Unusual family traditions
- The flag hung on the window in Denmark signals that someone is celebrating a birthday here.
- An original family tradition exists in one of the Indian nations: the girls marry for three days. At the end of this period, the newly-made husband must leave his wife's house forever and never meet her again. After that, the girl lives for fun: she has the right to have as many lovers as she likes and pamper herself in everything.
- In Korea, to show the owners of the house that the food is delicious, and good food should be very loudly champing.
- An interesting family tradition exists in Ireland, there, on New Year's Eve, the doors of the houses are left open and anyone can go into any door and his
will accept as native: will plant on a table and will treat with a supper. The next day is already celebrated with friends and friends. - The Bahutu tribe forbids sex after marriage. During the first wedding night, the newlyweds go to the house of the spouse, where the young wife begins to pound her husband with everything that gets under her arm. In the morning the wife goes to her home, in the evening she goes to beat her husband again. She beats him for a week, after which happens the coveted act of love. In this tribe it is believed that the fight brings the newlyweds together.
Enter your family traditions and customs, so that your house has a special unique atmosphere and coziness, so that for all households the house becomes its fortress.