Our family therapist recommended we have weekly 'family game nights' to rebuild connection after my teenager's depression, but my kid participates grudgingly and my spouse thinks it's helping when it clearly isn't. The forced fun feels worse than the distance we had before and I don't know if we should push through or admit this approach isn't working for us.
More people experience this than they realize.
Sometimes the effort to manufacture joy together reveals how far apart you've actually drifted.
“Where Are You with Play therapy?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.