When it comes to family bonding, there are fewer and fewer ways to actually find pursuits that promote togetherness. The majority of purchases, from multiroom television to personal computers, actively promote seclusion and, as such, more and more families are finding that the majority of their time, even within the same house, is spent apart.
Finding items that are more fun to use together than apart is one approach to increasing the amount of quality time families spend together. For example, whilst video games may have multi-player options, they are often equally as fun to play alone and, therefore, families will again be happy to utilise such machines individually.
The best toys for families are going to be the ones that not only are best when used together, but also those that get people outside. The health benefits of simply going outside are numerous from increase ability to get restful sleep to actually reducing the chance of heart problems.
As such, items such as remote control helicopters or cars could well be a great way to bond. Not only are such toys as enjoyable for small children as they are for fully grown adults, but a nitro RC car will be far more fun to use if you are racing another nitro RC car. In turn, family members will actively be asking each other to spend time together as opposed to heading off on their own to play with their toys.
Remote control helicopters are also surprisingly cheap, but at the same time surprisingly technologically advanced, offering an extremely challenging but enjoyable toy to use that you will be able to keep getting better at. At the same time, the low cost means it will be very feasible to allow every single member of the family to have one and ensure you can use them whether you are just bored of an evening or out for a day trip.