008: Skills for Life: The Power of Family Meetings Revealed: Interview with Alyson Schafer
Episode description
Family Meeting: a multi-modal tool packed with lifeskills. Alyson Schafer shares valuable wisdom and strategies about Family Meetings–the terrific way to give every child a platform to be able to solve their problems.
This form of family meeting answers these questions:
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How do we give voice to everyone in the family?
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How do parents demonstrate leadership so everyone can hear each other and work harmoniously together?
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If we want to move away from the hierarchy model, what replaces it?
They key stance for this form of leadership:
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We’re all working towards this shared goal.
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We all bring our insights and wisdom.
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Mutual respect and social equality are our baseline.
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Everyone has value. In this form of leadership, we solve problems instead of discipline people.
Leave energized and inspired to have a family meeting!
Host:
Marjie Longshore, Executive Director of Family Leadership Center, co-host of the CircleUP Podcast
Guest:Alyson Schafer, a 3rd generation Adlerian and has earned the status of diplomate in Adlerian Psychology. She is a family counsellor and parenting expert and teaches and speaks internationally. At home in Canada, she is a media regular, hosts her own TV show as well as her podcast “Parenting The Adlerian Way”. Alyson has 3 parenting books with HarperCollins Canada: Breaking the Good Mom Myth; Honey I Wrecked the Kids; and Ain’t Misbehavin’.
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Resources
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Alyson Schafer + links to her books
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Alyson’s videos of Family Meeting: Family Meetings - YouTube
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Raising Kids Who Can by Betty Lou Bettner and Amy Lew: available for purchase through Family Leadership Center
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