Our Monthly Family Meeting
We started something new in our family this year. We decided the kids were old enough for a monthly family meeting. Here are some of the things we do in our family meeting: We gathered and went around...
View ArticleHolding a Family Meeting
This year we started holding family meetings. It has been a real positive experience for our family. We use this as an opportunity to share good feelings, to talk about what’s going well in our...
View ArticleRethinking Chores
I have a confession. We have never found a chore system that works right for our family. It’s not that the kids don’t help out, but daily checklists, wall-mounted chore sheets, even our assigned chore...
View ArticleFamily Games Night (A Review of Several Games)
It has been WAAaay too long since we had a family games night. For a while we did really well holding a family meeting once a month or so (see this post-Holding a Family Meeting) and this post (Our...
View ArticleIdeas for Keeping the Family Close-Knit and Strong
In family life, love is the oil that eases friction, the cement that binds closer together, and the music that brings harmony. – Eva Burrows Does your family hold a regular family meeting? We started...
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