Bring your family together by creating goals that define what you want to look like as a family. Get your free template printable here.
FINDING A MENTOR
A few years ago I was lucky enough to find an amazing “Mom group” with mentors that helped me tremendously as a parent. Finding a mom that’s a season ahead of you doing things well is one of the best parenting resources you can find. If you don’t have a mentor in your life, ask yourself who do you know that is parenting their children with patience and leadership?
No one’s perfect, but who is raising their children in a healthy, spiritual direction? Text them, call them, ask them to lunch. It starts with you—don’t be intimidated. I’ve found that older women in my church feel so appreciated to be asked to coffee to get parenting advice.
CREATING FAMILY GOALS
I was introduced to the idea of a “family mission statement” and for the first time saw how I could bring my family together as a team, while teaching my kids Biblical truths. Every family is different, so your goals will be worded differently. When I wrote this goal poster (originally in 2016), I wanted it to address our current issues.
- Preschool temper tantrums
- Sharing with a baby sister
- Cleaning up after ourselves
- Using manners
- Being respectful
- Making my children feel loved and secure
Then I added the “Fruits of the Spirit” as a kind of rule chart for my kids to refer to. When someone was caught not sharing or lying, I could direct them to the family goals and ask them what Fruit of the Spirit they needed to work on. Instead of focusing on what they did wrong, it changed their focus to how they could make it right.
PRINT YOUR OWN FAMILY GOALS CHART
Write out your list of what you want your family to look like and create your own set of family goals…or feel free to use mine and have your kids draw a family picture in the middle.
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Want to set some personal goals as well? Then check out this NEW Goal Setting Workbook I created just for you! You can find it in my shop here:
For more posts on goal setting, read:
- Setting Goals and Habits to Break Free From Survival Mode
- Six Steps to Reaching Your Goals
- How to Create a Daily Routine That Helps You Reach Your Goals
- Motivational Quotes to Encourage You to Reach Your Goals
- My Favorite Tools for Goal Setting
You’ve got this!
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Love the family goals ideas! Have never done this, just used to setting our own personal goals now that my kids are older. Will look at the goal setting series, thank you for sharing!
Sounds good! It helped simplify so much. Thanks for reading!
I absolutely love the concept of family goals! We often talk about having a family “team” and everyone has to work together to make us play our best, or in this case, reach our goal.
Yes! That’s so good!
This is such a great idea. As the saying goes, it’s hard to hit a target you can’t see.
Thanks for stopping by!