Family meetings are an opportune time to discuss accepted practices and expectation agreements. When an expectation is violated, the family can discuss alternative actions and appropriate consequences that will restore the family relationships. A family can prioritize treating everyone with respect and talk about how this will be implemented as a family.
For example, being mindful of one’s tone of voice can ensure that feelings are not hurt while modeling respect. These family meetings can additionally lead to discussions on logical consequences. For example, as you help families develop their family boundaries and consequences, you help them understand how consequences are directly related to the misbehavior and associated hurt feelings.
When you collaborate with families as equal partners in fostering positive and respectful relationships, you are helping to develop and nurture restorative practices that lead to balanced childhood development. This enables students to become effective and contributing members of their communities.
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