The next Virtual Adler Café will be held on Sunday, December 7th, 2025, at 1pm Chicago, 2 pm New York, 7 pm UK, 8 pm Germany, 9pm Israel, depending on your time zone.
Circle In for Family Meeting with Amy Lew and Marjie Longshore
Family Meeting is a very important concept taught in Adlerian and Dreikursian parenting programs. Although family meetings are highly recommended, parents share that they find them difficult to put into practice. Betty Lou Bettner and Amy Lew wrote Raising Kids Who Can, a book on Family Meeting that has been foundational for many for years. Building on this solid foundation and striving to give parents a tangible tool so they can put it into practice, Family Leadership Center has developed a Family Meeting Toolkit to help families start building stronger connections, problem solving together, and having more fun.
In this Adler Café session, participants will have the opportunity to experience the Family Meeting Toolkit together.
Circle In Family Meeting Toolkit Description
We’ve just launched the Circle In Family Meeting Toolkit, a hands-on resource designed to have parents experience family meetings for the approachable, encouraging, and joy-filled practice that they can be, and help to cultivate the habit of holding family meetings weekly.
It’s structured around the Adlerian principles we know and love and it gives families all the pieces they need (from appreciation prompt cards to family matters sheets and everything in between), neatly, in a beautiful environmentally friendly bag, to help build those habits week by week.
Built on the core beliefs that:
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Children do better when they feel connected, are capable, and know their voice counts: they matter.
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It takes courage to replace hierarchy with mutual respect, and lead with dignity for all.
Bringing the shift in the dynamic that many families are searching for, this kit was truly built to bring this vision to life for families who might otherwise feel unsure of where to begin.
Parents share:
“I love the concept of family meetings and understand how important they are and was completely stumped on how to get started. This toolkit helps my family run meetings together!” – C. D.
“Tonight we had our first family meeting with the Toolkit… The kids enjoyed the cards and notepads… Our oldest child went from not wanting to attend to actively participating, enthusiastically taking notes, and even reminding us to set the next meeting date… We were thrilled!” — J. Jones
We will profit from the various professional and cultural backgrounds of all of you. Open to everyone interested. We will speak English but we are aware that there are a lot of non-native English speakers and we will try to help as much as possible. Please try to get in the room on time. Unfortunately late-comers cannot be admitted while break-out sessions take place. In that case you might need to wait up to 20 minutes in the waiting room.
Log-in Information:
Log-in: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/475604127?pwd=S2dFd0plMXR1VXZtVkcyb0NrRS9xdz09
Meeting-ID: 475 604 127
Code: 583222
For further questions about the Virtual Adler Café you can contact our administrator Sabine Landscheidt @ info.icassi@gmail.com
