Influence Of Leisure And Leisure

Introduction

As the saying goes, “You can pick your friends, you can pick your nose but you can’t pick your family”. This is true, but some of the influence of leisure activities comes from the family institution. This paper will show how the effects of family in leisure activities. First the definitions for leisure, family and culture will be included to help support the main point. Then the relationship between leisure, family and culture will be shown. Then to conclude the paper, some personal thoughts on the topic will be shared.

Leisure:

The use of free time for enjoyment for one’s self. This definition means different things to different people. In class, this word was broken into three sections. Time: The available for ease and relax,

The amount of time experience in leisure events as a child has formed them to who they are today, with maybe the person not even realizing. So, “Researchers have consistently demonstrated a positive relationship between joint family leisure and family strength, but the nature of the family leisure relationship has remained poorly understood.” (Zabruskie) This poor understanding of leisure is due to lack of research spent over the years. That research is not because of money but just that fact no one has spent the

The more money a family has the more money can be spent for leisure activities. This would be the economic status of the family. Also this status might affect a family in some activities. For example if a family is into traveling but doesn’t have the income to support it, that family might not travel a lot during the year.

Now, a family with more money would travel for frequently. The amount of money can also affect how a person finds meaning in their lives from their family. A person with less money growing up might not know what to do with a lot of money, and turn to their family for money help. This also can affect a person with a lot of money in the opposite way. Money plays a giant roll in leisure, and also family. They almost coincide each other.