I want to thank everyone who left supportive comments in regards to my car anxiety that I wrote about in this post. Hubby read the post and comments. I think he needed to see that I’m not the only mom who freaks out about car safety. After reading it he came and found me to give me a hug. He apologized for nearly giving me a panic attack during our last road trip. We have another road trip next week and this time I’m either driving or sitting in the back. I’ll keep a couple Xanax in my pocket just in case. I never imagined my blog would become a way to communicate with my hubby. I was actually planning to call a family council this weekend to discuss the driving issue. Although we’ve reached an understanding on this issue I still plan to have family council this weekend. We haven’t had one in a couple of months and when I started it I had planned on doing it once a month. Our family life is so hectic and our council has been a great way to communicate about what is and isn’t working in our family. My sis has reminded me that our dad was big on family meetings while we were growing up. I know I boohoo a lot about my shitty childhood but this is one thing my dad did right.

I highly encourage parents to have family meetings or council if you aren’t already. It really helps keep us connected especially since our family is so busy with after school activities and homework. There is so much emphasis on eating as a family and we fall short in this area. There are only a couple nights during the week that we are all home for dinner. I’ll be honest, my kids eat in front of the t.v. while hubby and I eat together at the table. This is the time for us to catch up with each other because after dinner we split up the parenting duties. He does baths while I do homework. We take turns putting the kids to bed and then I hop on the ‘puter and he succumbs to his cave to watch the History Channel. We eat as a family on the weekends though. Saturday nights we go out to dinner after 4:00 mass and always eat together at the table on Sundays. This is when we usually have family council unless someone calls for an emergency council. My kids really enjoy it. We first go around the table saying something kind about each family member so everyone is feeling warm and fuzzy. Then we go around and share whatever issues we are having with each other and formulate a plan to improve family life. Often we find out about issues they are concerned about that we probably would not have known about without family council.

I’m curious to know how other families handle their meetings. Talk to me.

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