12 Ways to Help Your Family Thrive in 2025
1/6/2025
Try this month-by-month plan for your family in 2025
Has your family made any New Year’s resolutions? You’re not alone. Millions of people make well-intentioned resolutions for the new year. It’s a great time to look ahead, an opportunity to start fresh. But rather than making resolutions, we at TruPlay Games want to suggest a month-by-month plan: twelve ways to help parents and kids to thrive in 2025.
January: Write a family mission statement
Ask each other, “what should our family’s mission be in 2025?” Craft it together, write it down, and post it on the fridge or family bulletin board.
February: Give something away
Every day this month (or once a week if that’s too challenging), give something away. It could be money, but it doesn’t have to be. A smile, a compliment, or a helping hand will do just fine.
March: Forgive something
Maybe a debt. Or an unkind comment someone made to you. Or give up on a grudge.
April: Resurrect something
April 20 is Easter Sunday, so make this a month when your family resurrects a forgotten tradition, a long-neglected habit, or an overgrown garden..
May: Give the shirt off your back(s)
You know all those clothes you never wear anymore? Get them out of your closet and give them to The Salvation Army, Goodwill Industries, or similar cause.
June: Meet a neighbor
If you don’t know your neighbors--or haven’t talked to them for a long time--take a plate of cookies or a greeting card as a gesture of friendliness. Especially if they’re new to the neighborhood.
July: Pray for strangers
Help each other cultivate the habit of praying for people in line at the grocery store, for mourners in a funeral procession, for ambulance passengers, etc.
August: Buy an extra
Buy an extra of something to give away. When you buy a cup of coffee or a drive-thru meal, buy an extra to give away to someone.
September: Leave a big tip
Leave a more-than-generous tip. A surprisingly generous tip can brighten the day for an overworked waitress, cab driver, hairdresser, etc.
October: Pick up and clean up
Make it a family project to pick up litter along a road you often travel, or in a parking lot you frequent. Or rake leaves for a neighbor.
November: Lift someone’s loneliness
Write a card or letter to a missionary, student who’s away at college, or U.S. military personnel serving overseas (via www.supportourtroops.org).
December: Volunteer as a family
Register to ring bells for The Salvation Army (www.registertoring.com) or fill an Operation Christmas Child shoebox (via www.samaritanspurse.org).
How TruPlay Games Combines Fun and Christian Values
Obviously, these ideas and suggestions are to help your family to thrive in 2025 will also help to impart solid healthy values to your kids. That’s something the people at TruPlay Games care deeply about. It’s a big part of the reason we’ve created the games, comics, and videos featured in the TruPlay Games app, which help kids counter unhealthy beliefs about themselves (Ava and the Mirror of Truth), equip themselves with the armor of God (Benjamin and the Armor of Logos), and even learn to praise God (Chirp Song: Wings of Praise)–all while having fun on their mobile devices!
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