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Family Goals

Planning Your Family Vacation

Tuesday, June 10th, 2008

Families with purpose are families who dream together and work together to make their dreams and goals a reality.
I spent hours and hours planning our family vacation to Disney world.  I read the right books, visited and subscribed to all the popular websites, made reservations in advance, and when all of it was done I [...]

Family Fitness Challenge

Thursday, April 17th, 2008

Exercise has never been at the top of my list of fun things to do and I do whatever I can to not fit it into my schedule.  My husband has a slightly more positive outlook and manages to fit in weekly volleyball games, bike rides in warm weather, and an occasional workout on our [...]

Family Travel Goals

Monday, April 14th, 2008

My kids are big dreamers.  Recently we sat down as a family to set some family vacation goals and at the top of the family’s list was a family vacation to Hawaii.  Obviously the kids don’t grasp the magnitude of what a family vacation for 6 will cost, but since they outnumber us (parent’s remember [...]

Tackling the Yeah But’s

Tuesday, February 5th, 2008

Families with purpose are families who dream together and work together to make their dreams and goals a reality.
For any family goal (or personal goal for that matter) to be successful, families need to take the time to discuss the Yeah But’s; the hurdles of any family goal we don’t know how to overcome, and [...]

Setting Family Goals

Sunday, January 13th, 2008

Families with purpose are families who dream together and work together to make their dreams and goals a reality. “I want to lose ten pounds.” “I am finally going to finish my degree.” “I am going to go to the gym three days a week.”Do these New Year resolutions sound familiar? We spend [...]

Family Goal Setting Chart

Sunday, January 13th, 2008

Recording and tracking your family goals is a big part of ensuring success. To help, try using a family goal setting chart (this is in a pdf format) to help keep you focused. Personalize it with family photos or images cut from magazines to give it a more inspirational feel.

Have you set any parenting goals for 2008?

Sunday, January 13th, 2008

by Barbara Beccari
The New Year is a time for people to take stock and to make plans for the coming year. People often set personal or business goals but how about considering what you would like your goal as a parent to be for 2008? What do you want to achieve in your relationship with [...]

Family New Year Resolutions

Wednesday, January 10th, 2007

If you haven’t already done so, take time as a family this month to create a family New Year’s resolution. A family resolution is one the entire family can participate in creating and fulfilling, a goal the family works toward together. For example, one resolution may be to spend time each week together as a [...]