When it comes to family, investment does not always have to be monetary. Family investing can include anything intended to benefit a family's well being over time. Such investments add value to family life, family quality of living, and standard of living. In order to invest in family and/or for family one must have something to invest. The following examples are to illustrate how and what can be invested in family. Many people have at least one of these things to invest in family.

The big Family Investments:

Often, the largest investments people make are the one's that deplete one's own resources the most. These investments are potentially the biggest sacrifices especially if they don't return a positive yield. Some of largest investments family members and parents make are the following:

*Time
*Money
*Energy

The little Family Investments that Matter:

Time, money and energy wouldn't be complete without refining how they are allocated. For example, one could invest a lot of time doing nothing with a family member but that wouldn't exactly be productive other than in terms of companionship. Optimizing time, money and energy involves fine tuning the big investments into smaller investments.

*Experience
*Knowledge
*Love
*Understanding
*Effort

These are just a few of the investments one can make in and for a family because they all have the potential to grow happiness, functionality, mutual support, harmony, in addition to more wealth. The remainder of this article will go into further detail about family investing.

Choose an Investment:

If one tries to invest too much or too little, one could burn out, run out of resources, not put enough into a family etc. Choosing an investment one is able to reasonably make with a little more than what one usually does is a good place to start. For example, if one is a loving person, love is then an asset that is in good supply. The extra love one has can be reinvested in family to help them learn about love and grow love of their own. The same and similar principles hold true for other investment categories.

Be Willing to Lose on the Investment:

Not all investments succeed or make money, this is a fact one should be fully aware of before investing anything whether it be time, money, energy, goodwill etc. Knowing how to deal with a negative investment and what to do when an investment goes down in value is just as important as any other part of investing. Using the example above, if

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