Family Toolkit

Make Your Family’s
Good Stuff Be Known

Being a parent can sometimes be hard. All the pressures to be the “ideal family” but, what does this really mean to you and your kids?

Only those within your family get to define what it means to be a family. So, why not make your family’s good stuff be known to each other. Making your list should be fun and not about rule setting or writing lengthy family purpose statements.

Create a “My Family’s Good Stuff” list

Get everyone together and talk about what makes your family unique. Take the time to talk about the good stuff that makes you who you are and then jot down a short simple list that will help everyone in your family know how to act and just be.

Then, share all the ideas you have about how you want to live as a family. Chat about the things your family members have passed on to you from previous generations, then determine what you want to keep, what you want to let go, and what you want to create new just for you.

Your list may include good stuff about your family’s approach to:

  • Balancing work, school, and fun
  • Bettering our community
  • Laws and government
  • Alcohol and drugs (for youth and adults)
  • Beliefs and faith
  • Stress management
  • Good character

It’s never too late to make a “My Family’s Good Stuff” list. Create a first draft, post it on your fridge and then get together as a family to edit it often.

Make Your Family’s Good Stuff List

This DIY workshop sheet is a chance to talk about what makes your family uniquely “your” family and about the good stuff that makes you who you are.

It’ll also help organize your ideas of how you want to live. After filling this out, as a family you’ll be able to determine what you want to keep, what you want to let go, and what you want to create new just for you.

Making a “My Family’s Good Stuff” list helps everyone in your family:

  • Define how you (as a family) are going to respond to various situations
  • Make good choices as a family and as individuals
  • Strengthen the relationship you have as a family

Please share your family’s good stuff list on your social media by tagging @TalkHeart2Heart and/or using #TalkHeart2Heart in your post.

When’s the Last Time You Had a Heart-to-Heart?

Some questions are easy to ask your kids — how was school, what’d you have for lunch, is your homework done? Other questions may not be that simple.

Talking with your kids about alcohol, drugs, mental health, and risky behaviors may be tough. But these are some of the most important conversations you’ll have with lasting impact.

Tips, Tools & Resources

If you’re looking for more tips on how to have hard conversations, you’ve come to the right place. There are resources below for you to use to help kids live long, happy, and healthy lives.

This resource-rich site also features ways for you to easily find local supportcontact us and learn more about the Region V Prevention Network.

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