Price: $1.99

Family Matters

Our Review

The Family Matters app contains a variety of entertaining and thought provoking questions and activities that can be used to promote compelling conversations or to just entertain. Topics are tailored for use in different venues such as a restaurant, a doctor’s office and a car/road trip. This app helps to promote more than lively and entertaining discussions within families; the open-ended questions and activities can also help to facilitate creativity, imagination, critical thinking, and a better sense of understanding for all participants. It’s one of the few apps I’ve experienced that’s all inclusive – not just one or two players – and it’s appropriate for young and old alike. Not all of the questions or activities in Family Matters will resonate with every user, and there aren’t a lot of bells and whistles with the interface, but I’m certain most people will find value in what this simple yet brilliant app has to offer.

(As a side note, in December, Weiner Family Studios will be donating half of all proceeds from the sale of Family Matters to Ronald McDonald House Charities. Their goal is to support families who want to spend time with their sick children during the holidays.)

Creativity, For Parents, High School +, Just For Fun, Middle School, Preschool, Primary School, Reviews

December 6th, 2009 by Kristen Young Share

Application Detail

A Family Matters

Developer: Weiner Family Studios
Released: 2009-10-29
Price: $1.99

Description from the Developer

"Parents wanting a rich and fun experience with their children should try A Family Matters, especially when traveling! It is not a video game - just good family fun."

Selected for Apple's What's Hot list for two weeks straight and reached #2 app in Travel.

"Your app was a lifesaver this weekend. My mother brought me and the kids
to some play. We got there an hour early and they wouldn't seat us until 20 minutes before. The four of us had a ball playing Family Matters."

FUN, BETTER QUALITY FAMILY COMMUNICATION
- Look forward to waiting for your food in a restaurant with your kids.
- Calm and distract a nervous child in the doctor's office or when flying.
- Bond and feel closer to your children.

"Its a fantastic idea and a great way to use the iPhone as a positive tool for families. " -- The iPhone Mom

Anywhere, anytime but always having fun...

We built this application to help us parent more effectively. We were tired of family dinners where the conversation consisted of "How was your day?"... "fine".

This is not a video game designed to keep kids busy. It is a tool to help you communicate more effectively with your children. If you enjoy this please leave us a review! 5-star ratings motivate us to work on even more modules.

What A Family Matters(tm) gives you is a set of questions and conversation starting activities designed to help you communicate more effectively with your children. We found it leads to more and deeper conversations with our kids and we think it could do the same for you.

Some of the questions and activities are simple - these help children build confidence. Some are deeper and probing. There are close to a thousand questions and activities designed to engage all family members of all ages.

Unlike other applications that quiz or provide facts, this tool is venue-driven. This means the activities are geared toward your location. We currently cover common places you may engage in conversation or need to pass the time such as restaurants, Dr. waiting rooms, airports and planes or on long road trips. Of course there is a general category for use around the dinner table or practically anywhere you have a few minutes to spend together.

Future planned venues include school, waiting in lines (parents, how many times do you have to deal with this one?), and more.

WE WOULD LOVE TO HEAR YOUR SUGGESTIONS AND FEEDBACK!
Follow us on twitter: @weinerfamily
Visit us at www.weinerfamilystudios.com

See video at http://bit.ly/3USQo3

CURRENT FEATURE HIGHLIGHTS
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- Almost a thousand interesting questions and activities to keep your family busy and engaged.
- Mark your favorite activities and revisit them later.
- Create your own activities and store them - our kids love coming up with questions to ask each other and we play with them when we are on a trip.
- Twitter from the App or email your friends - share interesting activities that they may enjoy.
- Read suggestions and tips for parenting and communication (updated with each version)