Intentional Family Time Builds Relationships, Meaning, and Connection

 One of the values that we have at Uplift Kids is helping families be intentional together, and this can look many, many different ways.

Without *some* intentional time, there can be drifting apart and a lack of meaning. So we wanted to talk about ways to be intentional.

One of the sources that we've pulled from in this episode is a book called The Intentional Family by a family therapist named William Doherty. Doherty talks about the need to balance rigidity and flexibility.

This approach — an approach that might be called a "wisdom approach" — is something that we explore and hold to consistently at Uplift Kids. It's a "both-and" approach rather than an "either-or" approach. And so the idea here is that we want to find a way to have a bit of structure and flexibility, meaning *some* time together.

In this episode we explore ways to make intentional time together.