Archive for Family Meetings

Admitting Mistakes

Admitting mistakes are not just for the young.  Okay, it’s even harder to acknowledge that we need to do this more with each other, but have you thought about doing this with your child? Being vulnerable comes with admitting mistakes.  We think we have to be the constant model for our children, but unfortunately we [...]

Teens – Keeping Connected

Mandatory Family Fun, which is explained more thoroughly in the “Family Meetings” article, is a prerequisite for this topic.  Teens notoriously do not want to be identified with family members suddenly, especially younger siblings – Oh No!  If you start young with Family Meetings you can ease this transition into teen years. We all want [...]

Family Meetings

Once a week, you pick the day or night, but generally right after dinner seems to be a good time, depending on the ages of the children.  All participants will take turns running the meeting.  Make this fun while helping younger ones with scheduling topics and so on.  You could use this time to make [...]