Your mission, should you choose…

It’s 2033 and your reflecting on your last several years of marriage (humor me). The family is growing, your marriage is strong, and you can’t help but be thankful for the time you invested in crafting that “Parenting Mission Statement” so many years ago. The one that outlined your values, merged your “unspoken rules”, and provided you with a charter during those times of uncertainty.

You know the one. The one we crafted for this exercise. Don’t worry, in case you forgot, let’s look at the steps we took to do that very thing.

1. Set aside time to reflect on what you’ve learned throughout this lesson (unspoken rules, a unified front, prioritizing your relationship, etc.) and answer the following:
1. What are the core values you both want to impart to your future children? (E.g., kindness, independence, respect)
2. How can you merge your individual "unspoken rules" into a unified set of guidelines that reflect these core values?
2. Craft a "Parenting Mission Statement" that includes the shared values and rules you both agree upon. 
3. Keep this document accessible and refer to it in times of conflict or uncertainty. Think - “break glass in emergency”.