Weekly family meeting with school-age children
A 19-minute weekly family meeting for school-age children: the agenda timed for the age, what to decide, and how to keep everyone in it.
The agenda (19 minutes, timed for school-age children)
- min 0Step 1: Appreciations: everyone thanks someone for something this week3 min
- min 3Step 2: Look at the calendar for the coming week3 min
- min 6Step 3: Chores: who has which job this week3 min
- min 9Step 4: One problem to solve together5 min
- min 14Step 5: Plan one fun thing3 min
- min 17Step 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 school-age children
- Give each child one job in the meeting, like timekeeper or note-taker
- Write decisions on paper everyone can see and sign
Usual meeting length for the youngest at the table: about 20 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 school-age children, TaskFamily's suggestion. The guide text is drafted with AI from these numbers and checked automatically before it is published.