We had our first official family meeting yesterday. We've had our 3 new ones for 4 months and thought it was time. We've had some struggles between siblings being not so nice to each other and thought it was time for a little activity. Everyone got a stack of papers and a pen. Each paper was labeled with everyone in the family's name=8 sheets. Directions: on the front side, write down all positive things about the person on the paper, backside write anything negative. Rule: can't be on the outside, so no nice hair, you're pretty, etc. They were nervous to write about the negatives, but I told them that person has already heard how much you...(hate toothpaste in the sink), now you're just writing it out. Sometimes it's easier than doing it face to face. When we were done with everyone, we got our own pile back and got to read about what others said. I made a list of all the positives for each person and am going to turn it into a WORDLE to hang in their room. With the negatives, they all got a notecard to write down 2 goals to work on. Hubby and I sat down with all 6 individually and talked about their goals and let them know we'd be watching for them. The activity went great..and I haven't heard our 15 y/o swear all day (one of his goals) :-)
Sunday, November 11, 2012
Family Meeting
We had our first official family meeting yesterday. We've had our 3 new ones for 4 months and thought it was time. We've had some struggles between siblings being not so nice to each other and thought it was time for a little activity. Everyone got a stack of papers and a pen. Each paper was labeled with everyone in the family's name=8 sheets. Directions: on the front side, write down all positive things about the person on the paper, backside write anything negative. Rule: can't be on the outside, so no nice hair, you're pretty, etc. They were nervous to write about the negatives, but I told them that person has already heard how much you...(hate toothpaste in the sink), now you're just writing it out. Sometimes it's easier than doing it face to face. When we were done with everyone, we got our own pile back and got to read about what others said. I made a list of all the positives for each person and am going to turn it into a WORDLE to hang in their room. With the negatives, they all got a notecard to write down 2 goals to work on. Hubby and I sat down with all 6 individually and talked about their goals and let them know we'd be watching for them. The activity went great..and I haven't heard our 15 y/o swear all day (one of his goals) :-)
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