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Family Meetings the Kiddos Will Love

I don’t know about you, but before I had children, I always thought of “The Family Meeting” as a serious, maybe even somber event, in which there were discussions of major life issues or concerns.  I myself didn’t grow up with formal family meetings, so my image of them must have come from some of the 90s classics like Full House (as an aside, finding out that…

Family Meetings the Kiddos Will Love

I don’t know about you, but before I had children, I always thought of “The Family Meeting” as a serious, maybe even somber event, in which there were discussions of major life issues or concerns.  I myself didn’t grow up with formal family meetings, so my image of them must have come from some of the 90s classics like Full House (as an aside, finding out that…

Two Ways to Revamp Allowance and Chores to Reduce Entitlement

Most of us probably grew up associating allowance with chores and vice versa, right? Complete your weekly list of to-dos and get rewarded.  But when you step back to look at that model, does it really make sense?  Does it represent real life, and does it teach our kids the right lessons?  This is an issue I completely reconsidered because of Positive Parenting Solutions (by founder…

Two Ways to Revamp Allowance and Chores to Reduce Entitlement

Most of us probably grew up associating allowance with chores and vice versa, right? Complete your weekly list of to-dos and get rewarded.  But when you step back to look at that model, does it really make sense?  Does it represent real life, and does it teach our kids the right lessons?  This is an issue I completely reconsidered because of Positive Parenting Solutions (by founder…