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I often hear people say things like, “Now that my kids are growing up, I don’t need family photos…”

And it’s funny, because I couldn’t disagree more.

Have you noticed that when your kids were tiny, you took snaps of them daily? Everything they did was adorable and original. You’ve got candid snaps of milestones, and likely a few family pictures taken by a pro to mark special occasions.

But as kids grow older, and they change a bit less each year, it’s easy to let family photos fall by the wayside. To tell yourself that your pre-teens or high schoolers aren’t interested in posing for photos, and let it go. The problem is, time goes by so quickly, and if we don’t stop to prioritize capturing those years, suddenly we’re left with a photo album that feels sorely incomplete.

Life doesn’t stop with early childhood and pick up again with a wedding. In fact, tomorrow isn’t guaranteed, so taking a moment to celebrate today is the best insurance policy against regret.

You even might find, as I have, that taking the time choose a photo shoot outfit with your older kids is just the excuse you need to spend a little extra time together. And in that process, you might learn new things and open new avenues for communication.

Young people are ever evolving, and family photos serve as a time capsule of our children’s stages of life. Have you ever poured over old pictures and giggled at the hair styles and clothing choices? Or remarked on a family resemblance you’d never noticed before? Or taken a moment to compare baby photos with a more recent picture, and marvelled at how “grown up” he or she looks? When we take family photos, we aren’t just recording a moment. We’re leaving our kids a legacy of their childhood, and we’re giving them a reminder they can hold on too long after they grow up.

They say a picture is worth 1000 words. I think they are priceless.

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