Actually, I didn’t miss that.’ It is a real opportunity for that kind of reflection to happen.”What your family mission statement should includeAdvertisementThe purpose of a family mission statement is really to help you and whoever else you parent with articulate your big, high-level values. Write down an overarching family mission statement in a single sentence. “There’s an important distinction between woo-woo, kind of big-picture family mission statements and really diving into some of these specifics,” she told HuffPost. While her new book does not address COVID-19 or its impact on families and family decision-making, Oster said she thinks family mission statements are more important than ever in this moment of profound transition for so many parents and kids. (In non-COVID times, she suggests creating a mission statement around the time your child starts school and revisiting it as they get older.)

Source: Huffington Post August 02, 2021 18:56 UTC