Family Meetings: The Best Parenting Tool Ever!
Paulina Mputsoane
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<p class="MsoNormal">Show Notes:</p><p> </p><p class="MsoNormal">Running weekly family meetings results in more closeness, increased cooperation, kids who feel empowered & heard, & kids learning many crucial life skills.</p><p> </p><p class="MsoNormal">Here are some of the main intentions for running family meetings:</p><p> </p><p class="MsoNormal">All have a voice, feel heard & understood & important</p><p> </p><p class="MsoNormal">Advocate & get in other’s shoes = develop more empathy, perspective</p><p> </p><p class="MsoNormal">Create win-win agreements: ensures greater cooperation, easier to follow thru</p><p> </p><p class="MsoNormal">Learn problem-solving & brainstorming skills</p><p> </p><p class="MsoNormal">Handle sibling rivalry, kids take responsibility for their conflicts</p><p> </p><p class="MsoNormal">Learn leadership skills</p><p> </p><p class="MsoNormal">Guidelines for running family meetings: go to my website at <a href="http://www.drtimjordan.com">www.drtimjordan.com</a> to get my list of 12 guidelines for running family meetings.</p><p> </p><p class="MsoNormal">Some of the results of family meetings: </p><p> </p><p class="MsoNormal">Kids take on more responsibility</p><p> </p><p class="MsoNormal">Agreements/accountability model vs. rules/punishments</p><p> </p><p class="MsoNormal">Proactive approach, stay on top of things, less reactive, more peaceful home</p><p> </p><p class="MsoNormal">Eliminate nagging, reminding, rehashing, yelling, threaten to take things away, annoying sticker systems = stop manipulating kids with a carrot-stick approach</p><p> </p><p class="MsoNormal">Kids feel heard, empowered, valuable, confident, close, and relaxed</p><p> </p><p class="MsoNormal">Blended families: makes it easier for step-parents to be able to be involved in disciplining their step-kids</p><p> </p>
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Family Meetings: The Best Parenting Tool Ever!
Paulina Mputsoane