My mom had seven girls and only two visit her at least once a week. Three of them only go see her once a year at Christmas. What can I do to get my sisters to visit our mother?
2007-04-25 14:47:01 · 4 answers · asked by Dance 4 in Family & Relationships ➔ Family
You have to tell your siblings that your mother is also their mother and that is the only mother that you all will have. All of you should make a special effort to meet together and see each other. Life is too short to differentiate from family. If they don't see your mother more often, the next time you will meet with them to see your mother might be the time all of you go to your mother's funeral. Explain this to them. I am sure they will understand.
2007-04-25 15:34:00 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Start a family tradition such as Sunday dinner on the 1st Sunday of the months
Start celebrating birthdays at your mothers house with cake and ice cream for the whole family
Invite everyone to her house for a couple hours to celebrate the holidays including easter egg hunts, 4th of July picnics.
Plan a family vacation to a nearby lake or to the ocean every year and see how many you can get to attend. You can rent a cabin and split the cost between all of you, so it is cheap.
Pick a special restaraunt your mother likes and invite everyone to come along as a tradition on like Pizza Hut Buffets in the afternoon.
I would have to know more about your family dynamics to help you with this situation like what states you live in and how much travel the sisters have to get there.
There are 5 girls in my family and both parents are deceased, so I tend to be the one to pull us all together for the holidays and stuff.
You have to make togetherness happen, or your family just pretty much splits apart. Been there and experienced that.
I am the youngest of 7 and never knew my mothers brothers and sisters.
2007-04-25 22:13:33 · answer #2 · answered by happydawg 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well.... perhaps you may want to create a condusive atmosphere for them to visit so that they do not feel boring just visiting your mum.
One suggestion is that you can create a mothly gathering for families, and it takes turn for each of your siblings to organise that. It could be at your mums place or it could be at a simple restaurant.. This will help in family cohesiveness..
Try it... all of you will feel much better especially your mum when she sees everyone gathering together..This beats any presents that your mum could ever receive..
take care..
2007-04-25 21:54:07 · answer #3 · answered by trymejames 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Talk to them. There has to be some reason why they are not able to see their Mom. Surely your mom wants to see her daughters. Talk to them and tell them about how much their mom wants to see them, and how much she misses them. Maybe they don't realize how little they are seeing their mother. Good luck.
2007-04-25 22:05:38 · answer #4 · answered by ♥IslamForever♥ 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋