Family meeting

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.

A family reunion brings together close and distant relatives from various locations. If you haven't been together for a long period of time, a meet-and-greet activity helps break the ice and make everyone more comfortable.

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…

Sunday evenings are one of my favorite moments of the week because they are all about family time! We have an early dinner together and then we dedicate half an hour to one of the best habits

Generosity and reciprocity are core parts of friendship. So it’s a bit of a head-scratcher when someone who you thought you were close to does something slightly mean.

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…

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

Here are a couple printables that are sure to enrich your family and children! Hop over to Creating Better Habits and read my article abo...

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