Building Character One Meeting at a Time

— Would you like a caring, close-knit family? With less than 30 minutes per week, a new Family Meeting Book shows you how. Parents guide, children learn, and everyone grows. —

Edmonds, Wash. (PRWEB) December 11, 2005 -- In this fast-paced, modern world, it is often hard for families to keep in constant touch and for parents to guide children in the wake of so many outside influences. That is why KidsDiscuss.com has expended its parenting books and products with publication of Character Building with the Family Meeting Diary (now available through AuthorHouse) by Jean Tracy.

“Family meetings benefit every kind of family. This family meeting diary can be used by single parents, step-parents, adoptive parents, foster parents and two-parent families,” Tracy says.

A former elementary teacher, probation officer and seasoned child/family counselor, Tracy has designed a helpful book with 52 meetings, one for every week of the year, as well as pages to record notes so the whole family can sit down and discuss their problems and concerns. Each meeting includes an easy agenda, which begins with compliments from each family member for the others in the group. Everyone then has the opportunity to declare a problem they wish to see solved. Votes are cast and solutions are discussed among the family. The meeting adjourns with stated commitments from each member to “make the family better.” A better family can be easily achieved with this book and only 30 minutes a week.

“The average American child watches 23 hours of TV a week with over 10,000 murders, rapes, and robberies per year. Why not give our children a better vision than television and use The Family Meeting Diary,” Tracy says. “Family meetings today, world solutions tomorrow!”

With easy directions, 52 planned agendas and numerous pages to record notes, Character Building with the Family Meeting Diary keeps parents involved and allows children to grow through voicing their concerns.

Tracy, known as “Granny Jean,” graduated from Seattle University with a degree in education and earned a master’s degree in social work from Bryn Mawr College. A wife, mother and grandmother, she is an award-winning Distinguished Toastmaster. She is the creator of http://www.KidsDiscuss.com and the author of parent/child discussion books and tools.

AuthorHouse is the premier publishing house for emerging authors and new voices in literature.

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