Growing up and even now, my parents never called for family councils, or what they liked to call family meetings, unless they wanted to discuss something serious. So even to this day if I go to my parents' house and they want to have a family meeting, I start to feel a little anxious.
This is in contrast to how I feel when my husband and I council together. Since we have only been married for a short time, we benefit from counseling together as we adjust to living together, planning together, budgeting together, and making decisions together. I feel like this helps us because we are communicating about everything.
I also think that counseling together now and doing so on a regular basis will help us do it later when we have children and have it just be part of their lives too. It would be a good way to teach them how to listen to others, and share their own thoughts in a kind manner. It will help them problem solve and plan as a family and set goals. It would also be a good opportunity to express love to everyone.
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