Family Meeting board

We do family meetings in our house, and I currently mostly keep track of things through printouts, which takes a lot of paper. Since there is a magnet for family meetings (which we use!), I'm sure mighty & bright is familiar!

But for anyone who is not, here's an example of what one might look like:

1. Meeting is started with something positive; for example, we share something we are grateful for or that was awesome in the past week.
2. Opportunity to discuss any problems and problem solve solutions.
 
For example, we didn't like behavior we were seeing when screen time was up. So we parents talked about what current behavior we saw and how it made us feel, and then our child shared how they feel when screen time is over and how they feel with their own behavior. We determined there was a lack of clarity on how much time was left, but also our child wanted more. So we came up with ideas for how they could 1) know the limit and 2) feel they had enough time. We listed pros/cons. Then picked a solution we all agreed to try out.

3. Any other week planning or discussions can happen in the meeting also.
4. End again with another positive activity.

When there are issues during the week, we often say they can add it to our list to discuss the next family meeting. This way we also know what will be talked about in advance and there are no surprises. It has to be on the list to get discussed by next meeting.

So! The product idea would be a board like the calendar board that could help streamline this a bit without me needing to manage printed sheets lol

On the dry erase board:
1. section to write things to discuss next meeting
2. section for "things we're trying this week" -- might be a column for "the problem", "our agreed solution", and maybe a small weekly tracker for a checkmark. (Not all things do, but some things might need weekly tracking -- like checking "did not fight with sibling" or "remembered to do homework on own")

We'll probably still pro/con out verbally or on paper but I think it could be really helpful to have a more accessible board like this. And maybe even a guide on how to run a family meeting for people new to the concept, with tips on validating and troubleshooting with kids. :)