Family prayer time suggestions?

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Mar 81 min read

My wife wants to start doing family devotions every night but our schedules are all over the place. Between my work, the kids' activities, and everything else it's hard to get everyone in the same room at the same time. On the nights we do manage it, it feels forced and the kids get bored. Are there some good resources out there for families with younger kids (ages 5-9) that don't feel cheesy? We want this to be meaningful not just something we check off a list.

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LLance K.RegularMar 9

We've been trying to do this too and honestly the schedules thing is brutal. We settled on a shorter version that works better for us, like 5 minutes instead of 30. Your wife might be cool with scaling it back to something that actually fits your life instead of forcing it.

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AAlexRegularMar 8

We do something similar on Sunday nights when we're all together. Sunday works best for us because there's less rushing. Have you and your wife talked about what time of day would work best? That might be the key to actually making it stick.

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KKevin M.RegularMar 8

What if you started with just weekends when everyone's actually home? Or even just one night a week instead of every night? Getting something consistent going might be better than trying to do it every single night and failing. Just a thought.

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