Why pursue a family goal?
According to a blogger named Polly on Our Busy Family Life, an online resource offered through Familieswithpurpose.com there are several benefits to setting goals as a family. First, goals help establish priorities for the family and can act as a guide. Secondly, setting family goals is instructional for children teaching them how to achieve their dreams later on in life Setting goals and establishing a plan in and of itself is a huge stress relief, writes Polly. There is tremendous peace and comfort in having a plan and knowing you arent alone in the success of the plan. These ideas are wonderful as they all promote the togetherness we might miss out on since many times family members are all pursuing different goals. In my family, we all support our individual goals. For example we all got behind my son recently when he endured a series of tests and interviews for middle school. So now Im wondering, aside from the day to day chores, family movie night, outings, board games etc what s