Family Meeting Agenda (Ages 12 and Up)

Short, calm, under an hour. In two homes, somewhere neutral works well, or a video call.

On a phone, scroll sideways inside the form to see all of it, or print it.

FAMILY MEETING · Date: __________ · Where: __________________

Who's here: ____________________________________________

1. THE LIMITS (plain numbers)
   What we're fighting about: ______________________________
   Kid's proposal:  ________________________________________
   Parent's proposal: ______________________________________
   What we agreed: _________________________________________

2. THE WARNING (one warning, then the bag)
   What keeps coming up: __________________________________
   (Any choice gets one warning. This isn't a fixed list.)
   What never goes to the bag: _____________________________

3. THE TILES (read all fifteen out loud, then pick ten)
   Our ten: ______________________________________________
            ______________________________________________
   In the box: ___________________________________________
   What a tile means in our house: ________________________
   (Parents keep the final say. Keep some hard tiles
    in the ten.)

4. THE TIMING RULES
   When does a long tile start? ___________________________
   What happens at a handoff?  ___________________________

5. THE FREE PASS
   "Does the Get Out of Trouble Free! tile stay?"
   What our kid said: _____________________________________

6. WHO WRITES THE CARD
   Written by: ______________  Taped inside: ______________

7. NEXT MEETING (about 30 days out): ____________
   Anything that felt wrong gets fixed then. Not before.

The lesson: Negotiate the bag, not the draw. Everything's up for discussion here. Once a tile is drawn, nothing is.