There’s also no upper age limit. Even if your kids have grown up and moved away, try for one Board Meeting a year. You’re never too old for quality time.
A common concern, especially with older children. First, let me tell you what not to do: don't go to your tween or teen and say, “I read a book on parenting and I want to try doing something with you that they taught me.” Instant connection killer!
I’m all for honesty, but it’s important to wrap an idea in a desirable package. No young person wants to feel like a lab rat for a parenting book strategy that, as far they know, might have some really annoying and embarrassing side effects.
What has worked for me is straight honesty without an agenda. Try these:
I also let the children miss school once in a while for a Board Meeting. Ask an adult whose parents have passed away if they would have been okay with their parents pulling them out of school occasionally to have that time together. What they usually say is, “Are you kidding me? Of course!”