Family meeting basics: • Commit to one evening a week and stick to it. • Put fifteen to twenty minutes on the timer. • Everyone is invited, no one is required to attend. • Have each family member share something they appreciate about every other member of the family. If you want to raise kids who are kind to each other and show appreciation for you

Encouragement instills an attitude of resiliency,

Encouragement focuses on effort and improvement,

Encouragement is acknowledging. To encourage, you tell someone:

Negative behaviors come from the same place as brilliance. Your kids are just using their unique talents in the wrong direction!

Encouragement focuses on the process, not on the end result.

Our rational selves understand that the only thing that really matters is our relationship with our children. But if we let limited thinking about discipline determine and dictate the daily interactions with our children, we lose our ability to step outside the moment and recognize the big picture.

Take time to train the kids to participate in running the house.

Relationship strategies help parents and kids stay connected during the ups and downs of life in the family zoo and support parents as they learn to let go a bit and trust that their kids are learning to navigate the world in a way that has meaning for them. This is the magic. Once you commit to building a solid relationship with your kids and not