(单词翻译:单击)
If it seems like those precious moments spent with your family are fleeting, follow these tips to get the family together more.
如果你觉得陪伴家人的宝贵时间转瞬即逝，遵循以下建议，拥有更多时间共享天伦。
You Will Need
你需要
Organization
安排
Dinner or game nights
晚餐或游戏之夜
Car
汽车
Bed
床
Steps
步骤
Step 1 Make family a priority
1.家人优先
Make your family your priority. We often get bogged down with work, chores, and other menial things, but the first step in making family time is making family a priority.
把家人放在首要地位。我们经常被工作，杂务和其他琐事烦得分身乏术，但是要安排更多时间与家人团聚，第一步就是把家人放在首要地位。
Step 2 Get organized
2.井然有序
Get organized. Planning ahead is a great way to organize your time and prevent scurrying from one activity to the next.
做好安排。提前计划是安排时间，防止匆忙仓促的最佳方法。
Limit children's extracurricular activities in favor of spending time with family.
限制孩子们的业余活动，和家人一起度过美好时光。
Step 3 Schedule family night
3.安排家人团聚之夜
Schedule a night once a week when you can all come together for a scrumptious dinner, conversation, and even games.
在条件允许的情况下，每周安排一次家庭之夜，所有家庭成员聚在一起共享大餐，聊天甚至游戏。
Don’t turn on the television on family night. Make it a time when you can all talk to one another.
家人团聚之夜不要打开电视机。让这个夜晚成为相互之间畅所欲言的时间。
Step 4 Save a day
4.安排一天
Set aside an entire day each month devoted completely to the family. Try a drive in the country, lunch in a cozy restaurant,a hike, or a day lounging in the comfort of mom and dad’s bed.
每个月安排一天完全留给家人。可以去郊外驾车，在温馨的餐馆就餐，远足或者一整天窝在父母舒适的床上。
Step 5 Cherish the few minutes
5.珍惜短暂的时间
Don’t underestimate the few minutes you are able to spend with your family daily – these add up to quality family time.
不要低估你每天可以和家人一起度过的短暂时间——这些加起来也是非常多的时间。
Step 6 Be diligent
6.勤勉
Make deliberate plans to incorporate family time into your schedule. Our biggest investment is in the people we love.
特意将与家人团聚的时间添加到时间表。我们最大的投资应该放在我们热爱的家人。
In 2008, there were 73.9 million children aged 17 and under in the U.S. Of those, 67 percent lived with two married parents.
2008年，美国共有7390万17岁及以下青少年。其中，67%的青少年家庭完整。
