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Family Meetings: The Why and the How of Fun, Successful Family Meetings
...5 from Virginia, shared with us: Family meetings have grown our family by giving us space and time to intentionally communicate and deal with problems. Our family meetings are every...

Family Teamwork: How To Meet Together as a Family | Ep. 135
...Bellward (podcast host) for a conversation about the positive impacts of family meetings. The discussion offers real-life examples and practical steps for family meetings with kids of any age (think...

Does Your Family Have a Purpose?
...family meetings over the next month. Plan some brief fun activities or easy light questions for starters to set a positive tone. (See our other family meetings posts for some...

Are We Setting Our Kids Up to Be Uncooperative?
...implementing consistent family meetings. You can find more about the power of family meetings here. Apply It Now What are common areas where your kids struggle to cooperate? If you...

How to Help Kids Follow Family Rules
...A key way that our family built values and cooperation was to determine rules, activities, and schedules at weekly family meetings. Our family learned to discuss Biblical values, explore what...

Ease the New Sibling Transition With Preparation & Loads of Grace
...family through adoption. Much of what they did to prepare their four older children is similar to how a family would welcome any sibling, but there were undoubtedly some unique...

Our Favorite Books and Parenting Resources
...good intentions) that costs her family dearly, but the beautiful and grace-filled response of her parents (compared to the more judgmental villagers) demonstrate to Naima right off that her family...

Teens Always Rebel. Right?
...Set up family decision-making processes. We began family meetings when our kids were young with the knowledge that our family would need to be able to communicate effectively when “teen...

4 Summer Tips for Parents Excited for (or Dreading) Summer Break
...your kids take responsibility by adding purpose to their free time. One mom credited family meetings for a great summer start – the whole family problem-solved together, helping kids grow...

4 Summer Sanity Tips for Parents
...own fun. One mom credited family meetings for a great start to the summer. In their weekly family time, the whole family problem-solved how to work together to have the...