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Keeping family close

 
We're all so busy, so pressured, so stressed, it's often our time with family that is snipped shorter and stretched thinner until it's just a delicate thread.

 
Keeping connected with the threads of the family tangle that have unravelled to other continents seems harder now in the age of instant contact than when the mail boats used to bring letters that were months old. Yet, according to recent research, personal happiness is dependent on preserving the rituals and connections of family life.

Families that eat dinner together most days are less likely to have to cope with delinquent teens. But with all the extramural interests, community responsibilities and work obligations, getting face to face with even the members of our households can be difficult. The time we spend together glues us together, but there are other ways to stay in touch.

"I SMS my grandson during the day to find out how his tests went," says one granny, who also keeps in touch with her daughter who lives abroad by e-mail.

Most important of all is to treat our families with the same respect and consideration we treat our work colleagues. All too often we get home and unleash the foulest facets of our personalities on the people we love. But with a little time taken to listen to each other, to touch base, we can keep those precious connections strong.

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