Practical Hug | Self-Help Done Together

You already made a chore chart.

You laminated it and had stickers. It worked for about a week and a half, and then you were back to asking twice, then three times, then just doing it yourself because by then it was 9pm and it was faster.

We're not going to hand you a better chart. We start with a conversation instead, and a chart comes later if you even still want one.

What it is

A small group of parents working through the Home Management for Kids trail (a self-paced course) together across September, and every week you get on a call with Sara, a home management consultant.

You do the trail on your own time. Eleven lessons, three hours total, with activities throughout. It splits by age so you're not reading advice written for somebody else's four year old when you have a teenager. One whole section is delivered straight to older kids, because a lot of the buy-in comes easier from someone who isn't you.

The live sessions are the part that makes it work in your actual home. You ask Sara the question you can't Google because it's specific to your kid, your house, your situation. You hear what's working in somebody else's house and take what will work for yours. It's also where you share the thing that didn't go well out loud. We get to deal with the frustrations while building the solutions.

The group is capped at ten people, so everyone gets a chance to share, talk, and workshop.

Between calls there's a private space in The Village for the group to connect, vent, and get support during the week.

Where the group will be

These are working sessions, not lectures. Sara goes where the group needs to go. (Exact dates and times are in the Details section below.)

Week one. Getting into the trail and having the first conversation at home, which is usually the awkward one. Bring how it went.
Week two. Zones. Where the work actually lives in your house, and which piece you're handing off first.
Week three. Week three is when it comes apart. Not if. Most people quietly go back to doing everything themselves right about here, so this is the week to show up even if you have nothing good to report. Especially then.
Week four. What's holding, what isn't, and how to keep it going once September stops being novel.

You will walk away with...

Feeling empowered to lead your children in sharing home management tasks.
Having a plan on how to communicate to your child what needs to be done.
Security knowing you can come back to a safe place to ask questions and vent so you can keep on going instead of giving up.

Is this for you?

You might be here because...

• You've asked the same kid the same thing four times today, and you're the one who ended up doing it
• You want your kids in on running the house and you don't know how to bring it up without it turning into a fight
• You tried something like this before, it fell apart, and you feel a little silly trying again
• You're running on limited energy and you can't keep being the only person who notices what needs doing
• You want something that still works on a bad week

This might not be the best fit if...

• You want a chore chart template. This is about the conversation and the handoff and the system behind it, not the chart.
• You want to be told the one right way to do it. Sara starts with what's true in your house instead.
• You don't want to share your struggles and pretend your house is perfect. We start from where we actually are, not an imaginary place you think you should be.

Details

Four virtual sessions, all an hour starting at 12pm ET:

Wednesday, September 9

Wednesday, September 16

Wednesday, September 23

Wednesday, September 30

You get into the trail as soon as you pay, so you can start early if you want to.

A Village account comes with it. If you already have one, just sign in. The Village has a free tier and there are free tools on the site. You don't have to buy anything to get support.

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