Family Mission Statement and Guiding Principles

 

When parents involve their children in developing and living the mission of the family, they share a vision of the future and good things begin to happen. Our boys ‘see’ our vision and resulting goals and actually help think of ways and participate in helping us reach family goals. 

 

Guiding Principles allow you to convert your Mission Statement into everyday value based activities.  They help guide decision making.  Developing Guiding Principles help you and your kids to verbalize and visualize your values and helps you to stay on course as you contemplate life’s choices and make daily decisions.

 

These are success skills and allow you to turn dreams into reality.

 

You can read our Family’s Mission Statement and Guiding Principles below.  For more information about how you can create and live through your own Family Mission Statement, click here to download your free Parent Pak which includes the booklet “Living With Purpose Through Your Family Mission Statement”.

 

Our Family Mission Statement:

 

We want to continue to grow as a successful family by

Loving each other and

Helping each other to succeed.

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We will each take responsibility for, and ownership of,

our lives and destinies (our futures).

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Our Guiding Principles help us to make good decisions

 

 

Our Guiding Principles:

 

§         We keep promises, tell the truth and respect each other’s needs and wants.

§         We are each important.

§         We are each empowered to help each other.

§         We Invest in our future financially, educationally, and spiritually.

§         We don’t harm or hurt each other in words or actions intentionally.

§         Each choice we make should create trust in the family.  We don’t make decisions that destroy trust.

§         We say and do things everyday to help create a safe, secure, and loving home.

§         We give because we have enough.  It’s good to give and be humble about it.

§         We recognize that our actions have consequences - some are good and some are not good.  Sometimes the consequences are unexpected.  Regardless, we are each accountable for the consequences of our own actions: when we hurt someone, we apologize.  When good or joy is a consequence, we feel good about our actions and give thanks.

§         We remember to thank each other.

§         We stop, look and listen to each other in times of conflict.  We will not refuse to talk or leave the room unless we set up a time to get back together.

§         We share our dreams and goals with each other so that all of us make them come true.

§         We are not afraid of mistakes.

§         No Yelling.

§         We are happy when others win.

 

Live by these Guiding Principles and we all will ENJOY the reward – SUCCESS!