Family meetings

Scheduling a family meeting to discuss family goals, plan family activities, and review the your progress can be a great way to strengthen your family.

Family meetings are opportunities for parents and children to discuss important issues, strengthen communication, and nurture positive relationships.

Rory and I have added a weekly meeting into the mix, and folks, this is a game changer for us. Now that we have it, I have no idea how we were functioning without it. And actually, the answer is that we weren't really functioning! Too many things felt last minute, poorly planned and frustrated. We started this at the beginning of October. We meet on Sunday afternoon when Elsie is napping and Ivar is having quiet play time. That is key. No kids are invited to our family meeting. One day when…

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Creating a strong family culture is so inportant to raising happy, well-adjusted kids. Figure out ehat your core family values are and live them! The main categories are faith, social, work play, education, time, financial, entertainment and technology. Included with this free download is a family values poster you can print out for family meetings. #family #familytime #familyvalues #culture #parentingtips #character

Planning and having your first family meeting with small children is an exciting time! You want it to go well, so use 15 steps to plan your first meeting!

Meeting for just 20 to 30 minutes each week will help your family stay connected, work as a team, and keep your family calendar from veering out of control. Plus, you'll strengthen empathy muscles by making time each week to share your joys and sorrows, swap chores and responsibilities, and reflect on how family life is going.

I posted recently about the how critical our family meeting is to the smooth (er) operation of our family and home. Just in case I convinced anyone to start this powerful habit, I thought I'd share a little more of the nuts and bolts of how we run our family meetings. First, a simplified version of our weekly agenda: For people less prone to using an agenda than me (possibly every one?), let me try to make an argument for it. The idea behind any list I make is to get the information out of…

Follow these 4 simple tips to conduct an effective family meeting, and learn why family meetings are so important. Free printable agenda included!

Family Goal Setting Printable - Free 90-day action plan printable to help your family set manageable goals you can work together to achieve.