Weekly family meeting with preteens
A 24-minute weekly family meeting for preteens: the agenda timed for the age, what to decide, and how to keep everyone in it.
The agenda (24 minutes, timed for preteens)
- min 0Step 1: Appreciations: everyone thanks someone for something this week4 min
- min 4Step 2: Look at the calendar for the coming week4 min
- min 8Step 3: Chores: who has which job this week4 min
- min 12Step 4: One problem to solve together7 min
- min 19Step 5: Plan one fun thing3 min
- min 22Step 6: Close: the chair for next week, and a treat2 min
Decide and write down
- Who does which chore
- Pickups, lifts and practices
- One fun plan
- Who chairs next week
With preteens
- Let them propose agenda items beforehand and run part of it
- Hold to the time: preteens trust a meeting that ends when it says it will
Usual meeting length for the youngest at the table: about 25 minutes.
When and for what
- When
- the same time every week, often Sunday after dinner
- Goal
- look back at the week, plan the next one and share the jobs
After the meeting, TaskFamily keeps what you decided: the family calendar, the chore rotation and a poll in the family chat for the fun plan.
Free for one household. Premium is $5.99 a month or $49 a year for the whole family, never per child.
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The agenda timings are the base agenda scaled to a meeting length that suits preteens, TaskFamily's suggestion. The guide text is drafted with AI from these numbers and checked automatically before it is published.