Family traditions helps strengthen our bonds to help family trust each other. Sadly Americans are moving away from traditions due to increased work demands, and rising individualism and changing cultural values. Often family often spreads apart by distance which makes it harder to keep traditions alive.
These factors combined create a cultural environment whet family traditions take a backseat to convenience, personal choice, and the pressures of modern life that impacts family bonding.
Something we do every year is spend Independence Day together because that’s usually when my children have time off of work together. And then we try to get together in April for a trip to Nevada.
From Pity to Praise 